And the new teachers' contract came as a nice surprise.

There's a nice surprise waiting for us both when we get home.

A nice surprise, but never where you expect to find them.

"What a nice surprise," my mother said when she opened the door to me.

They thought they'd let it come as a nice surprise.

But no doubt it would come as a nice surprise to them.

That kind of letter, but with a nice little surprise.

On the plus side, the lack of period music was a nice surprise.

It would come as a nice surprise to her when I died.

I might just do that; it would give him a nice surprise.