"It was more of a shock thinking about how the famine affected everyone.
Gucci's first post-Frida Giannini collection was a bit of a shock – all about androgynous, lanky boys with a louche 1970s vibe, hardly the jetset grownup that we're used to from this brand.
After turning down the offer, Fowler made a shock enquiry about returning to Cardiff on the deal he had originally turned down, prompting anger from supporters and a swift "no thanks" from the club.
Unmarried couples who split up could be in for a nasty shock about who owns their home: appeal judges have ruled that a man who left his partner 17 years ago was entitled to a half share in the house even though he had never paid the mortgage.
By the way the returns from my book have been rather a shock: the royalties just about cancel off the cost for revisions.
"First and foremost it is quite a shock to hear about Alex," Cambridge's captain, David Nelson, said.
It's hardly a shock to hear about people reaching for their torches at the suggestion of sex education in primary education.
Although set in an unimaginably vast rambling gothic castle – the "Gormenghast" that gives the series its title – it is something of a shock to discover, about halfway through, that the books take place in a sort of alternative 1930s.
