But perhaps, he thought, that was not so surprising after all.
But perhaps that wasn't really so surprising after the last four or five hours.
They were patient teachers, which was rather surprising, after that cross-examination.
But then, as he considered the matter, it was not so surprising after all.
It seemed all the more surprising after the pandemonium his escape had created.
Maybe the board knows best, but the decision was surprising, after such success.
It was surprising, after the way they acted last night.
Today's move was not surprising after the Jets' regression the last two weeks.
It wasn't surprising, especially after the way I played last week.
That mean the leukemia cases in the French children were not so surprising after all, they said.