Chap might have just set the bomb and been taken unawares when it went off a bit early.

Because at my age I'm not likely to be taken unawares by emotion.

I was taken unawares, but I tried to put up a fight.

Still, she was taken unawares when William stepped from behind a tree.

Ramsey had been taken unawares by his own response to the child's terror.

People can be taken unawares by the time it takes banks to move money from one account to another.

She hated to be taken unawares, not given time to engage all controls.

The youth had been taken unawares, cut off in mid-sentence.

Taken totally unawares, the three let their arms come up.

If the actors aren't taken unawares by what is happening, they can't expect the audience to be.