I was planning a surprise for Robert's birthday.

I was just arranging an old birthday surprise.

You'd better prepare yourself for a surprise, Mr. Halliday.

To her surprise the surly old weather beaten face actually changed its expression.

And what we found, to many people's surprise, was that those Linkedln résumés were more honest on the things that mattered to employers, like your responsibilities or your skills at your previous job.

But here, to Alice's great surprise, the Duchess's voice died away, even in the middle of her favourite word 'moral,' and the arm that was linked into hers began to tremble.

It was easier to breathe, a slight vibration went through his body, and in the midst of the almost happy amusement which Gregor found up there, it could happen that, to his own surprise, he let go and hit the floor.