To say I was pleasantly surprised would be to understate my enjoyment of the books.
When I first began working with the wealthy (as opposed to my pension fund clients) I was surprised to find that they were so prone to make, shall we say, less-than-optimal investment decisions.
At the age of 51, I was surprised to learn my wife was pregnant.
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When Josh handed me the glass of water, I was surprised to see my hands were still trembling.
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"They were so surprised to receive my call and are delighted that they will be reunited with their long-lost pet, " he said.
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He seemed genuinely surprised by my resistance to his brilliant idea.
Playing through a second time, I was a little surprised to realize that some of my most memorable experiences of the game were totally optional.
Over the course of my research, I was surprised to discover how much more common it was for younger women to think about freezing their eggs.
My study goes back to 1917 and it surprised me.
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As I dined at food stall after food stall, in search of my personal favourite, I was surprised to see very few non-Asian faces.
To a degree that surprised me, they liked to quiz me about text-book-aberrant behavior and about my unhappy childhood, thinking, once they heard the stories, that this was the way to my heart.
When the bounce came, I was surprised when Alejandro disagreed with my plan to cash out.
Since I had the Treasury II proposals umpteen times, nothing in the Act surprised me (I later came to regret my intense study of Treasury II, because I would sometimes get confused about what did and did not get into the Act), I played a big role in planning the transition for our clients.
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Based on my experiences of having talked to them, I am not surprised that most Diet members are not familiar with the Internet.
When I first became a stepmother, I was surprised to find it to be so difficult because my stepdaughter has always been well-behaved, smart and respectful.
When I analyzed data from my own studies on entrepreneurship, I was surprised to learn that there is virtually no difference in motivation between men and women entrepreneurs.
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She told The Smoking Gun website she was surprised to be targeted by the hacker because "my emails are pretty tame" and said she had been locked out of her account this week.
This would also result in an opportunity to link the actual purchase of an ingredient with recipes, something I am surprised no one else is doing (at least to my knowledge).
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When my New Yorker came last week, I was not surprised to see a TSA agent on the cover groping a passenger.
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When my friend arrived at the restaurant to pick up her wallet she was pleasantly surprised that everything was still in it, even her money.
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He seemed pleasantly surprised at my praise for the MACD, as he had moved on to other methods of analysis.
So I was a bit surprised to find a drum full of backup tapes dumped into an alley close to my house.
One is the blue vase she surprised me with as a going-away gift on one of my trips to the United States.
The audience took to Twitter to voice vehement disagreement, and my co-emcee and I we were just as surprised as everyone else did our best to distance ourselves from the remarks and hit the reset button on the evening.
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Because I was pleasantly surprised enough so that I may try it again on my next trip to Beijing.
When you heard about, oh, Martin is going to be the director, you're so surprised, because you know, Martin is like my idol.
This past August Twitter surprised me with a notice that I could start promoting my tweets and get suggested to other Twitter users as someone to follow.
We brought them to my home for an offsite a little longer meeting and we were amazed, but not surprised, at how well they had their houses in order.
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