The surprising thing is I made it out in one piece at all.

That wasn't a surprising thing, if one looked at the matter in a certain light.

The surprising thing was that both seemed to be possible.

The surprising thing was that nothing had come to light so far.

The only surprising thing to me was that no one had ever taken it.

He offered his hand, which was a surprising thing to do.

Some other pretty surprising things are going to happen, too.

And before he could stop himself, the most surprising thing happened.

From one general to another, that wasn't a surprising thing to say.

When he did it was the most surprising thing of all.