Sentence examples for a surprise over from inspiring English sources

So it came as quite a surprise over a year ago when one of my co-workers announced that she was planning to quit the lab due to "potential environmental hazards" because she was expecting.

Then, a surprise: over tea and cakes, Carl reveals that he is actually actor Graham Hicks, but that all the stories we have heard are true.

Perhaps the timing shouldn't come as a surprise: over the last decade, Israel has embarked on four large-scale military operations that have all taken place within a six-month runup to an election.

So it has been a surprise over the last several years to see Mr. Shih, now 60, reinvent himself with snug-cut Italian suits, innovative designs for tablet and notebook computers and scathing criticisms of Taiwan's test-obsessed, engineering-oriented educational system.

"Yes, Stravinsky can still be a surprise over a century later!" he later tweeted. .

A few lucky folks at Disney World got quite a surprise over the weekend when Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson decided to commandeer the theme park's Jungle Cruise ride.

Over the past day or so, reports have been pouring in from around the Internet that Motorola Droid users were suddenly seeing a surprise over-the-air update hit their handsets.

It's not a surprise that over the past 25 years, the average age of first-time buyers has risen to nearly 34 from 26.

So it isn't a surprise that over half of Glasgow's households are in either the private or social rented sector.

On 8 December 2006, the book "became a surprise bestseller over the Christmas period, becoming Amazon's number one Global bestseller for Christmas 2006".

Elections for the PLC were held in 2006, and Hamas won a surprise victory over Fatah.