He surprised an Indian village, capturing hundreds of horses.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

He was surprised to see land turtles that weighed more than two hundred kilograms and were more than one meter long.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

In nineteen sixty-eight, President Johnson surprised the nation by announcing that he would not seek reelection as president.

VOA: special.2010.09.26

He was surprised by the large number of busy people in the subway who stopped to listen.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

I looked hard at him. I could not have been more surprised if he has said the same thing about Nepoleon, or Socrates,or Solomon.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

Rick Aggeler says he is happy but not surprised by the results of the Music Clubhouse at the Blue Hill Boys and Girls Club.

VOA: special.2010.11.04

He was surprised to see me and tried to hide a small object in his pocket.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

I looked hard at my friend. I could not have been more surprised if he has said the same thing about Nepoleon,or Socrates,or Solomon.

VOA: special.2011.03.26

Through her lawyer, she said she was "surprised and saddened" that he lost his job.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

I sat there as surprised as if he had thrown a rock in my face!

VOA: special.2009.02.14

Mister Rodney says he was surprised that this poet who came,in his words, from a very well-heeled New England existence, could move him, a Jamaican immigrant man.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

He was surprised that he did not cry surprised and a little ashamed.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

But he was surprised that he had not been afraid to go.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

It took only a moment. He was too surprised to fight me.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

He might be very surprised by the amount of food provided.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

He was not surprised that the question came from China.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

He was surprised to hear his father's voice.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

Georgetown professor Robert Lieber says he is not surprised the White House may be shifting its position.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

Malema surprised some ZANU-PF members when he told them not to engage in violence during elections.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

President Obama surprised the world last Thursday when he announced plans to cancel a missile defense system in Europe proposed by the Bush administration.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Speaking with President Karzai at a news conference, Secretary Gates indicated he was not surprised by that statement, but hopes it will not take that long.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

Eide,speaking to reporters, is calling for patience to allow the process to be completed, saying he is not surprised by the slow pace of the vote count.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

"I think it is safe to say he was surprised,". Less than a year after taking office, Mr.Obama is joining an elite group of recognized peacemakers that includes Nelson Mandela, and Martin Luther King,Jr.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

Abdeidna said it was disappointing to hear what he called the anti-democratic principles of the mediator sent by the African Union, but that he was not surprised given that Mr.Gadhafi is, in Abdeidna's words,"a man of coups himself."

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

"What surprised me,in fact, is that when he attained office, Obama did not denounce or back away from the idea of installing missiles in Poland, which is something I think he was quite critical of at one point,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.15