They were a little taken aback.
We were rather taken aback by her hostile reaction.
He was taken aback by the turn of events.
Wendy and John had been taken aback somewhat at finding their father in the kennel.
Liu Xiangmei taken aback: "In my hometown, they can only farm the land, and you like what you do ah?"
An American reader of translated Chinese poems may well be taken aback, even put off, by the frequency, as well as the sentimentality of the lament for home.
As soon as he finished, his supporters applauded vigorously, But most of the masses were taken aback and exchanged doubtful glances.
Julia uttered a tiny sound, a sort of squeak of in the midst of his panic, Winston was too much taken aback to be able to hold his tongue.
But Zhao Yun and his horse unexpectedly fell into a trap. Just as Zhang He charged to pierce Zhao Yun with his spear, Zhao's horse leapt out of the trap. Zhang He was taken aback by the sudden move and his horse Backed off several gaits.
I was both delighted and taken aback.
"What?" said Ford. He seemed a little taken aback.
Alan was taken aback but then he became aware that the crickets had started.
Introduction by the administrator, so I was taken aback, do not look down upon them, mature, all have one or two re-jin do.
Mr. Lorry was so taken aback, that he looked quite stupidly at Mr. Stryver shouldering him towards the door, with an appearance of showering generosity, forbearance, and goodwill, on his erring head.
It got us right from day one and we were pretty taken aback to FMD that it rained on quite a number of days, and so we were forced to start re-planning our route.
I was rather taken aback by his rudeness.
American allies were rather taken aback by the suddenness of this announcement.
The file size was 14 MB and I was taken aback to see more than 10 pictures shared in the document, " she wrote in an email."
The tiger was taken aback, turn is my NaiMing, isn't it is eating my? So the tiger immediately after ask again: "you of the circle is stem what of?"
He was taken aback, but he managed to remain calm.
"Teacher Fei asked, and the man, taken aback, stood up and said he really needed to leave."
He appeared taken aback.
None of these reversals is a surprise, but conservatives have been taken aback at the unflinching speed of the changes.
She was taken aback by his directness.
Mr Gonzalez, who has earned the nickname of "Mr No", was taken aback recently when Santander tapped the market for 7.2 billion euro days after denying the need to bolster its levels of capital.
Even singer Rob Thomas of matchbox twenty - himself no stranger to screaming women - was taken aback.
But Fed officials are said to have been taken aback by the speed with which large non-subprime lenders, such as Countrywide and Capital One, have been hit.
