Sentence examples for surprised him by calling from inspiring English sources

Jeremy Foley, Florida's athletic director, said Spurrier surprised him by calling him from a beach about 9 15 a.m. yesterday to resign.

Democrats surprised him by calling his bluff, and they added it to the Obamacare law.

But Harry Reid, of Nevada, the Majority Leader, surprised him by agreeing to call the vote, and quickly started whipping his members, many of whom were furious that the Republicans were again exploiting the debt ceiling for political gain.

Maurice White was already too weakened by illness to join the band for the show, but he surprises them by calling in to make a request of his own.

When Chinese keepers came to check on her, they surprised Maclean by calling her "Bad Panda".

For some, it evoked Bjork's Shanghai concert in 2008, where she surprised concertgoers by calling for Tibetan independence.

The next day, Brown surprised reporters by calling Curry the franchise, although the compliment did not lead to improved play.

A furious showdown could only be resolved by a crushing cross-examination from Darrow, who surprised everyone by calling Bryan to the witness stand.

Then on Monday night, with the Knesset in the midst of approving its dissolution, Netanyahu surprised everybody by calling off the early election and announcing a "national unity government" with opposition leader Shaul Mofaz, whose Kadima party would flip sides.

Newt Gingrich, who has vaulted into the lead in some polls as the most recent "anyone-but-Romney" favourite in the party, surprised many by calling for a partial amnesty for illegal immigrants who have lived in America for a long time and paid taxes.

Fisher surprised everyone by calling a halt to the head-count reductions.