Sentence examples for began surprised when from inspiring English sources

Zuber felt comfortable immediately once spring training began, surprised when Bernie Williams and Derek Jeter would say hi -- "how's it going, Zubes" -- because there had always been distinct lines that were not crossed in the Phillies' caste system of veterans.

So, we weren't too surprised when ticketholders began to get in touch with us about the referendum, long before its date had even been announced.

Friends were surprised when they began dating.

Jazz aficionados were surprised when he began playing again, coming to New York with Mr. Coleman, Mr. Lloyd and Harold Land.

So Israel was surprised when Frank began encouraging her to make a film about him.

I'd expected my work to challenge me – but I was surprised when I began to feel unhappy.

But shortly after the marathon began, Berge said, he was surprised when he was prompted to pay an additional $3 to upgrade the app.

Mr. Textor was surprised when he began seeing roasted pork bellies on the menu at Charlie Trotter's in Chicago about six months ago.

Mr. Hilowitz said he was surprised when he began working with Starbucks about two years ago to learn the company was putting drive-through windows in some of its stores.

Though of Mancunian stock Bardsley grew up in the can-do mentailty of California and was thus surprised when she began playing for England at her team-mates' relative lack of confidence  "There is a lot of positivity in the bunch now," she said.

Having read about this on the Fathers4Justice website, where O'Connor is described as the mastermind behind "one of the world's leading campaign groups", I arrived at the Royal Festival Hall in London, on the south bank of the River Thames, to meet him earlier this month expecting an egomaniac and was pleasantly surprised when he began by saying he was twitchy and nervous.