Taken utterly by surprise, they were incapable of mounting an effective defense.

He had been taken utterly by surprise, left with nothing but a handful of her blouse.

Piotr looked utterly taken aback to have his bluff called.

So he had not been taken utterly off his guard.

To continue with the plan: Voyager would thus be taken utterly by surprise.

Q, for his part, was taken utterly by surprise.

As you can imagine, I was utterly taken aback by such an address.

She was, quite clearly, taken utterly by surprise.

Of course, he was utterly taken with her.

They say that Caesar looked utterly taken aback, quite horrified.