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Meanings of take unawares in English

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Usage of take unawares in English
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They can't have been taken unawares by the level of interest, surely?
The Guardian
2
Taken unawares, the executive was not prepared to refuse the courteous request.
Certain Success
3
Juliette and Marguerite certainly were startled and Candeille was evidently taken unawares.
The Elusive Pimpernel
4
A man on the run-oreven a girl-mightwell be taken unawares.
Runemarks
5
Longstreet, taken unawares, bounced and came dangerously near toppling off the seat.
The Desert Valley
6
Had it not been for him, we should have been taken unawares.
The Honor of the Name
7
Do you suppose any woman in the world was ever taken unawares?
The Lost World
8
Mrs. Edwards was taken unawares, but her instincts came to her rescue.
Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories
9
In the end he was taken unawares by the out-rush of the rabble.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
10
Vincent must have stumbled or been taken unawares by the motion.
In the King's name
11
They were probably taken unawares; and their defences were never good.
Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune / A Tale o...
12
It looked and sounded like genuine sympathy, and I was taken unawares again.
The Quiet Earth
13
They were taken unawares, because they were asleep in vain security.
Town and Country Sermons
14
He had been taken unawares or this might not have been the case.
The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians; Or, Trailing the Yaquis
15
Quonab, taken unawares, slipped and lost his hold of the trace.
Rolf in the Woods
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He who is taken unawares must then contend with both ignorance and darkness.
Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders