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taken aback



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“I made a lot of assumptions about him, and I was taken aback by how forward-thinking and progressive he was,” he adds.

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Ms Gosling, a paramedic, was "taken aback" when asked about limb donation as she had not heard of it before, but she agreed without hesitation.

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We were all taken aback but I didn't understand that I was apparently the culprit.

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Some lawyers admit to being taken aback by some of the tactics.

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I was taken aback, naturally, but when I had my wits about me again, I thought, oh wow, this film has some traction, some real staying power.”

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