Nigiri sushi is Noma's chef-d'oeuvre, so arranged as to enhance flavor and surprise palates. |
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That Stone would slander the democratic, pro-Western, EuroMaidan revolution as a CIA coup is no surprise. |
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To everyone's surprise, my blood test came back with a very high insulin count. |
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I care more about chopping trees down than buying you that Yohji Yamamoto blouse as a surprise. |
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Obama's surprise visit to Afghanistan comes as his battle plan faces a crucial test. |
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If I had one wish here, it would be for Aden Young to sneak a surprise nod for Rectify. |
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He then goes on to do some stretches in his briefs, undoubtedly a pleasant surprise for some moviegoers. |
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His surprise marriage to theater director Sophie Hunter may have broken hearts, but the squeals of delight were even louder. |
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From Kimmel and Kanye burying the hatchet to a telekinetic coffee shop surprise, WATCH our countdown. |
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They were busily implementing these in cases like Roe v. Wade when a right-wing insurgency took them by surprise. |
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No surprise then that aside from wealthy coastal suburbs, the Democratic base has shrunk to the urban cores and college towns. |
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The only surprise was that it was Gimpel who resorted to this ancient Likud canard. |
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Postscript Of all the interviews I did Lee Marvin was by far the biggest surprise. |
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Israel's ambassador to Germany, Yakov Hadas-Handelsmann, expressed his surprise about Germany's U.N. abstention. |
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To his surprise, he is named SVP of the Urban Division, essentially boiling his job down to black man in charge of black stuff. |
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Given his alter ego, it may not come as a surprise that Goyeneche is into antiquities, especially of the pre-Colombian variety. |
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That Chenoweth would be suited to a role that channels the bleaker parts of her past should come as no surprise. |
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This was a surprise appointment, as Clough had been an outspoken critic of Revie and the team's tactics. |
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When he walked into his surprise birthday party, he was completely speechless. |
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He stood there speechlessly. The surprise had rendered him unable to make an intelligible reply. |
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The design was a surprise, given Revie's superstition about the symbolism of birds. |
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The blade rang against the sputcheon as he drew it, eliminating the element of surprise. |
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To my surprise there was a house close beside me, a fairly large house with a broad stoep and many windows. |
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The stonings came as something of a surprise, in that Iranian officials had said they had suspended that method of execution. |
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There is indeed a bluff pertinacity which is a proper defence in a moment of surprise. |
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No surprise really for followers of Jesus, who after all was a rural dweller himself, born in a barn. |
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He never really made a contribution to the match, so it was no surprise when he was subbed at half time. |
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Merchant Navy steward Freddie Lennon had a surprise when he returned home to find he had a newborn son. |
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Mom gasped in surprise at the sight of my sister's new haircut. |
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Ireland's performance in their inaugural World Cup in the 2007 Cricket World Cup took many pundits by surprise. |
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Henry puts his hands on my waist and expresses surprise at all the boning and corsetry under the silk. |
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In these difficult times, unexpectable events can take everyone by surprise. |
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What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be. |
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They run very low, all crouchy, and so do panthers, which was a surprise to me. |
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We should attack the enemy's camp now while we still have the element of surprise. |
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A surprise gas-for-fertilizers tolling deal has been inked by Odessa Port Plant with Austria-based Antra. |
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It comes as no surprise that Hong Kongers have discovered the joys of combining tea and coffee to create yuanyang. |
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The Jim Bolger-trained Flight Risk sprang a 50-1 surprise to lead home 33-1 shot Piri Wango and defy a high of 100 in running on Betfair. |
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At the 1945 general election, to the surprise of many observers, Winston Churchill was defeated by the Labour Party headed by Clement Attlee. |
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We were going to launch water rockets on Saturday afternoon and I had a surprise planned. |
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It was no surprise then that the city was bustling through the day as thousands roamed around the events for Birmingham Weekender. |
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That's one reason news of her appointment to a well-upholstered sinecure in state government comes as a surprise. |
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A black-bellied whistling duck, ensconced in a hollow palm trunk, squealed a few notes of surprise as we passed. |
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Counters always hope to record a rarity, and last year, the greater white-fronted goose was a special surprise. |
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We sit down to our meals, suspect not the intrusion of armed uninvited guests, who erewhiles, we know, were wont to surprise us. |
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But, after leaving Liverpool, Burtonwood Services on the M62, near Warrington, was a pleasant surprise. |
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First, the US airmobile tactics did not surprise the Somalis, who had seen the United States use such an approach several times before. |
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The surprise of the night was Nicola Sturgeon of the SNP, she has replaced Nick Clegg as the new wunderkind of national election debates. |
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Did the cancellation of Surviving Jack catch you by surprise? |
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It should come as a surprise to no one that his calling card is reforming entitlements. |
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The first sleep through is often a big surprise to the parents, especially a breastfeeding mom with explodey-feeling boobs. |
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Surprise, surprise, do you believe your eyes? Well for goodness sakes, that takes the cake. |
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Another surprise is that Newcastle have the meanest defence in all four leagues and they did their utmost to preserve the tag at Molineux. |
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This came as a surprise because he had previously declared that he would definitely not be a leadership candidate. |
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I had been warned of the inadvisability of disturbing sleeping dogs, so it did not surprise me when the wakened dog snarled at me. |
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The English then marched on the invaders and took them by surprise, defeating them in the Battle of Stamford Bridge. |
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Although Harold attempted to surprise the Normans, William's scouts reported the English arrival to the duke. |
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After three weeks, the besieged forces sallied from the castle and managed to take the besiegers by surprise. |
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In June, Yorke and Jonny Greenwood performed a surprise set at Glastonbury Festival, performing Eraser and Radiohead songs. |
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At the 1920 Summer Games, Britain lost in the first round in a surprise defeat to Norway. |
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Imagine our surprise when they sold their house and moved to the Bahamas. |
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Henry II's forces took Saintes by surprise and captured much of its garrison, although Richard was able to escape with a small group of soldiers. |
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Despite already being aware, he will be acting out the pretence of a surprise. |
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Bruce now embarked on a campaign to restore Scottish independence, and this campaign took the English by surprise. |
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Washington launched a surprise attack on Howe's garrison on October 4, which was eventually repulsed. |
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To his great surprise he was defeated in South Lancashire but winning in Greenwich was able to remain in Parliament. |
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The result was considered a surprise, as there was speculation that the SNP could have won an upset similar to Glasgow East. |
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In late 1062 Harold Godwinson obtained the king's approval for a surprise attack on Gruffydd's court at Rhuddlan. |
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She's never been in their apartment before and, no surprise, it's crammed with antiquey knickknacks from the shop. |
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On 28 January 1316, Llywelyn began the revolt by a surprise attack on Caerphilly Castle. |
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To many people's surprise, Price was lukewarm about his candidature and continued to support Fothergill. |
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Parma was uneasy about mounting such an invasion without any possibility of surprise. |
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However, a second surprise followed as Griffiths was beaten, also in the first round, by Willie Thorne. |
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Music reviewers responded with surprise when the band began to perform live while sober. |
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Monmouth's rebellion attacked the King's forces at night, in an attempt at surprise, but was defeated at the Battle of Sedgemoor. |
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To the surprise of those who saw him, Moby Doll was a docile, nonaggressive whale that made no attempts to attack humans. |
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Such a surprise attack would either produce a devastating effect on morale, or force him to weaken his main battle line. |
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The initial attempt was called off after adverse currents hampered the assault and the element of surprise was lost. |
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His forces caught Arthur by surprise and captured the entire rebel leadership at the battle of Mirebeau. |
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Discovering what was happening, Richard decided to attack the French king's forces, catching Philip by surprise. |
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A surprise British raid on Le Havre in early July did considerable damage, destroying a number of the transports. |
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The Battle of Arras achieved surprise and initial success against overstretched German forces but failed in its objective. |
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The occasional early opening of the apricot blossom need not surprise us, if we consider this degree of heat upon the wall. |
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The advantages of surprise and darkness were thus lost, while the Germans had manned their defensive positions in preparation for the landings. |
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Allied planners considered tactical surprise to be a necessary element of the plan for the landings. |
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Hammond's Fiat was voted the best by both Clarkson and May, to Hammond's obvious surprise. |
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The rejection was a surprise to both the Australian and Northern Territory governments. |
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The rearmost member of the strike team walked backward to guard them from a surprise attack from behind. |
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In that instance, it is thought that due to surprise, the grizzly bear may not have recognized the size of the group. |
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When you have been waited on by armless hands, and have had a short conversation with a cat, nothing can surprise you much. |
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Gissur led seventy men on a daring raid to his house, achieving complete surprise. |
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It did not surprise him to see the man unpacking what became the scam of the century. |
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Harold led his army north on a forced march from London, reached Yorkshire in four days, and caught Hardrada by surprise. |
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The French were totally unprepared to resist an assault, and had been taken completely by surprise by the appearance of the British fleet. |
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Wolfe continued to press for a fresh assault, even though the element of surprise had now been lost, but Mordaunt was hesitant. |
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To his happy surprise, each plant bore perfect tomatoes like the parent vine. |
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It should be no surprise that ancient villages were located at the water's edge. |
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It should come as no surprise that they also seem the most willing to overrule the Court's past decisions. |
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It was going to be a surprise party until someone let the cat out of the bag. |
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This was a surprise to many who believed Augustus would have named an heir to his position as an unofficial emperor. |
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Attempting to surprise the invading Byzantines, Totila gambled with his forces at Taginaei, where he was slain. |
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Odo's forces launched a surprise assault on the Umayyad forces, simultaneously from behind and from within the walls. |
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Judging from her expression, I think the gift was a complete surprise. |
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They are described as preferring to defeat their enemies by deceit, surprise attacks, and cutting off supplies. |
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When your friends throw you a surprise party, they invite your family too, including your little sibs. |
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As dawn came I watched things slowly poke out of the black. Each thing was a surprise. |
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These tactics consisted of small groups who attempted to catch their opponents by surprise, through an ambush. |
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At the Battle of Manzikert, Romanos suffered a surprise defeat by Sultan Alp Arslan, and he was captured. |
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On June 5, however, Roger disembarked in Salerno, much to the surprise of all the mainland provinces. |
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There is a more detailed account of raising an army in 878, when the Danes made a surprise attack on Alfred at Chippenham after Twelfth Night. |
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The imperial Elizabetta gazed with surprise at the youthful and unpretending appearance of the little being that had set the world madding. |
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The escape came as such a surprise that one contemporary chronicler accused the bishop of witchcraft. |
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So he relied on surprise in the capture of Goa from the Sultanate of Bijapur. |
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Muhammad ordered a surprise attack on the Banu Salim tribe for allegedly plotting to attack Medina. |
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In February 1990, units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front captured Massawa in a surprise attack from both land and sea. |
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She and Percy now found themselves penniless, and, to Mary's genuine surprise, her father refused to have anything to do with her. |
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Orwell expressed surprise that they should still want him, because according to the Communist press he was a fascist. |
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If true, such a fact should come as no surprise to us, for as a child herself all other children can be nothing but rivals for her. |
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Yermak, noting that Samar had failed to place guards around his encampment, launched a surprise attack, killing Samar and disbanding his forces. |
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In 1754, George Washington launched a surprise attack on a group of Canadien soldiers sleeping in the early morning hours. |
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In the early days of the Reformation, the revolutionary potential of bulk printing took princes and papacy alike by surprise. |
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On 9 October 1531, in a surprise move, the Five States declared war on Zurich. |
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A quidam gallant determined upon a time to surprise both my house and my selfe. |
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An English girl, looking like a schoolteacher, is apt to get into a cab with you and, to your surprise, she'll probably pull a man's pants open. |
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I put a blindfold over my boyfriend's eyes and told him I had a surprise for him. |
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Asquith's surprise victory was helped by the support of the press baron Lord Rothermere. |
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To the surprise of almost everyone except Heath, the Conservatives won the election, with a majority of 31 seats. |
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After the surprise breakup of the world's largest potash cartel at the end of July 2013, potash prices were poised to drop some 20 percent. |
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When asked about inspirational influences in his life, he reeled off a list of folks whose names would surprise no one. |
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After the British fired one shot from their gun, the Americans, taken by surprise, surrendered. |
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Broadly speaking, Melvyn was against it, while I, much to his surprise, was absolutely for it. |
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In 2015 Andrews made a surprise appearance at the Oscars, greeting Lady Gaga who paid her homage by singing a medley from The Sound of Music. |
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Alice is given the baby by the Duchess and to her surprise, the baby turns into a pig. |
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In July 1986, Andy Roxburgh was the surprise appointment as the new manager of Scotland. |
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It was a surprise to see the captain, who had always seemed so serious, laugh so heartily. |
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It may come as a surprise that there is a shellfishery worth defending in New York City waters. |
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More than half of consumers think it would be wonderfully romantic if their significant other booked tickets for a surprise international trip. |
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On the morning of 21 August 1415, king John I of Portugal led his sons and their assembled forces in a surprise assault that would come to be known as the Conquest of Ceuta. |
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Despite already being aware, he acted out the pretence of a surprise. |
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Despite already being aware, he is acting out the pretence of a surprise. |
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Beards and nobility go hand in hand, so it will come as no surprise to most that members of the great lordly houses are wont to vaunt their beardly heritage. |
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Most of the job of the UNIX Oracle DBA is keeping the database running, and it does not come as a surprise when they see how easy it is to clobber a server. |
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If you go into the forest, you'll come in for a nasty surprise. |
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The conference broke up with war appearing likely, but Philip and Richard launched a surprise attack immediately afterwards during what was conventionally a period of truce. |
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Edward managed to make a surprise attack at Kenilworth Castle, where the younger Montfort was quartered, before moving on to cut off the earl of Leicester. |
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I was in the dark about the surprise party until I walked in. |
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It's supposed to be a surprise, so try to keep a lid on it, will you? |
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The alliance was successful with Cynog Dafis being returned in a surprise result as the MP, defeating the Liberal Democrat incumbent by over 3,000 votes. |
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The appointment caused considerable surprise, given that candidates such as Richard Glazebrook were older and more experienced in laboratory work. |
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Without the element of surprise the scenes become meaningless. |
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The drop kick was often used in early football as a surprise tactic. |
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The punch caught Sharkey, Earp, and most of the crowd by surprise, and Sharkey dropped, clutched his groin, and rolled on the canvas, screamed foul. |
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To her surprise, a few of them were furnished like midclass hotel rooms, with plain industrial carpet covering the floor, standard-sized beds, and inoffensive decor. |
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After a heated council with other officers, Murray concluded that there was not enough time to mount a surprise attack and that the offensive should be aborted. |
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When General Henry Hamilton, the British commander at Detroit, retook Vincennes, Clark returned in a surprise march in February 1779 and captured Hamilton. |
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On December 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, prompting the United States to join the Allies against the Axis powers. |
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This German success relied greatly on the element of surprise. |
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The reaction among Germans was one of surprise and trepidation. |
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The performance of the Spitfire over Dunkirk came as a surprise to the Jagdwaffe, although the German pilots retained a strong belief that the 109 was the superior fighter. |
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Following the Japanese surprise attack on the Russian Pacific Fleet based at Port Arthur, the Russians sent reinforcements from their fleet in the Baltic Sea. |
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Britain was initially taken by surprise by the Argentine attack on the South Atlantic islands, despite repeated warnings by Royal Navy captain Nicholas Barker and others. |
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The onset of the economic crisis took most people by surprise. |
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The Dublin Easter Rising later that month took him by surprise. |
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On the date of the 2015 Brit Awards, Kanye West was announced as a surprise performer following reports of Rihanna performing at the ceremony proven to be false. |
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Being by nature of a cheerful disposition, the symptom did not surprise his servant, late private of the same famous regiment, who was laying breakfast in an adjoining room. |
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According to Tacitus the legion narrowly escaped destruction when the Caledonians beyond the Forth launched a surprise attack at night on their fort. |
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In early 1563, he was discovered during a security search hidden underneath her bed, apparently planning to surprise her when she was alone and declare his love for her. |
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Howe made no effort to attack, much to Washington's surprise. |
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In December 1282, fifteen years after the original treaty, the army of Montgomery marched to Builth Wells from Montgomery Castle, to surprise and kill Llywelyn. |
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Evans, wanted to launch a surprise attack but was overruled. |
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This surprise attack drove the garrison to flee the town, at which point the rebel force marched off to join up with McCracken and fight in the Battle of Antrim. |
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After negotiations broke down in 1904, the Japanese Navy opened hostilities by attacking the Russian Eastern Fleet at Port Arthur, China, in a surprise attack. |
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The planned raid on Sunderland intended to use Zeppelins to watch out for the British fleet approaching from the north, which might otherwise surprise the raiders. |
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The short route up the English Channel was preferred to a detour around the British Isles, to benefit from surprise and from air cover by the Luftwaffe. |
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The two most common causes for bear attack are surprise and curiosity. |
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Much of the owls' hunting strategy depends on stealth and surprise. |
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Using improvised shields and weapons which they had concealed within the city, the Aduatuci then engaged the Romans in a surprise attack that night. |
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This surprise victory is attributed by many to the Romanian diaspora, of which almost 50 percent voted for Iohannis in the first tour, compared to 16 percent for Ponta. |
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Through much of his short reign Caracalla was known for unpredictable and arbitrary operations launched by surprise after a pretext of peace negotiations. |
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The Strategikon states the Huns also stationed sentries at significant distances and in constant contact with each other in order to prevent surprise attacks. |
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On 27 January 1959, they occupied the mountain in a surprise operation. |
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To his surprise, the resultant puddle ball produced good iron. |
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On the morning of 21 August 1415, John I of Portugal led his sons and their assembled forces in a surprise assault on Ceuta, landing on Playa San Amaro. |
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The Spanish leader, Pedro de Alvarado, who was left in charge, worried that this would be the day that the natives would plan a surprise attack on them. |
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The Massacre caught most of the Virginia Colony by surprise and virtually wiped out several entire communities, including Henricus and Wolstenholme Town at Martin's Hundred. |
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Many years afterwards I baked a large cake of shortbread as a New Year's surprise to some friends at Huddersfield during my professionalship there. |
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Grand juries can also be used for filing charges in the form of a sealed indictment against unaware suspects who are arrested later by a surprise police visit. |
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After much surprise and confusion, it became clear that the ancient office of Lord Chancellor could not be abolished without an Act of Parliament. |
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His jargon of slang was a continuous joy and surprise to them. His gestures, his strange poses, his frank ribaldry of tongue and principle fascinated them. |
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To the MR's surprise, the Sheffield councillors then backed an improbable speculation called the Sheffield, Chesterfield, Bakewell, Ashbourne, Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway. |
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But you can imagine my surprise when I angled said state-of-the-art bins to the street, watched the long black car as it rolled up and saw the self-same guy step out of it. |
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It was no surprise to see Hanley bat a skyscraper out to left. |
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They had planned it as a surprise party, but somebody spilled the beans. |
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With Tiny, it is good as a surprise strat. If another team doesn't realize where he fits into the whole lineup, then you can really throw the opposition off balance. |
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Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the first view. |
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The policeman thought it best to surprise the man, since he might be armed, so he disguised himself as a swagman and pounced as the man returned from his bridge-painting job. |
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Then it sneezed. Considering what it was smelling, that was no surprise. Tell the truth, I'd gotten so used to the jof jof dung that I didn't notice it anymore. |
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To my surprise, the ticker showed that the deal had already gone through. |
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Then to Hanukkah's mild surprise a voice rose up and, with laconic precision, likened this rumored brother Alp to the secretion on the nether parts of a she-tur. |
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Iranian troops hit Iraki forces with big surprise attack around Abadan today lifting the seige of the oil refinery city tier a year of the gulf war, Radio Teheran reported. |
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No surprise aftertastes, but fairly banal and lacks flavour. |
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A Surprise for Giraffe and Elephant tells of Elephant, who has a lot to say about surprises that include alpine horn serenades and surprise parties. |
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Instead of maintaining warts-and-all support for this colossal national mission, however, these summer soldiers expressed surprise and disdain that there are any warts at all. |
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A surprise guest was funnyman John Bishop who was affectionally bullied into ditching the wisecracks for the guitar and a discordant singalong of Daydream Believer. |
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