Example sentences of "[verb] come as a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Patrick Duff wrote , ‘ This reverse has come as a great shock . |
2 | But the news has come as a total shock for many people . |
3 | Tearful Mandy said : ‘ This has come as a total surprise to me and my family . |
4 | This has come as a terrible shock . |
5 | ‘ This has come as a terrible shock . |
6 | Charles Tompkins , managing director of NOS , a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless , said the contract has come as a major breakthrough for his company , propelling it into the major league of offshore suppliers . |
7 | His death today has come as a complete shock . |
8 | I 'm sure this has come as a big shock to you . |
9 | The decision to sell Harford has come as a big blow to Luton boss David Pleat who said : ‘ I did n't want him to go but the club needs the money . ’ |
10 | ‘ Therefore the problem that had emerged in 1985 has come as a considerable shock to us and I would say that the present directors of Mogul Ireland — ourselves — have acted promptly , decisively and responsibly since it came to our attention . |
11 | But for accident victims like Marie Moore from Darlaston , today 's decision has come as a bitter blow . |
12 | The ruling has come as a bitter blow Brain Goldsworthy 's common law wife . |
13 | Political defeat has come as a profound shock for the ruling Cambodian People 's Party ( CPP ) . |
14 | All this has come as an unpleasant surprise to Hong Kong 's officials . |
15 | To enter the Kingdom of Heaven one has to come as a little child , with an attitude of trust , and prepared to be teachable and flexible ( Matt. |
16 | The knowledge that fitzAlan had a family had come as a strange shock . |
17 | ‘ I know this is going to come as a grave disappointment , ’ she said icily , ‘ but there 's no man waiting for me in Milan . ’ |
18 | The announcement on the morning of 22 November of Mrs Thatcher 's decision to resign came as a dramatic surprise to the public because , up to that point , all the outward signs had been that she intended to stick to her initial resolve to contest the second ballot . |
19 | For secondary school teachers of mathematics who have been eager to respond to the call for investigative work , the introduction of GCSE coursework assessment may have come as a rational consequence of what they see as timely changes in the curriculum . |
20 | ‘ When you got the solicitor 's letter saying you 'd inherited the place it must have come as a terrific shock . |
21 | Being so far advanced in this objective , even before the evening started , it must have come as a great surprise when the meeting was jolted into controversy by an unexpected suggestion from Councillor B. Watts . |
22 | NEIL Kinnock 's slightly manic conducting of Men of Harlech at Egglescliffe School on Friday may have come as a mild surprise to the attendant gentlemen of the Press . |
23 | He had picked up the pieces after the war and it must have come as a total shock to someone with his background to find players in his side who rocked the boat . |
24 | It should have come as a complete surprise , but the man swayed , taking Ross 's fist on his shoulder . |
25 | Last year an East India company in the tea trade had gone bankrupt , and the court found it had actually been insolvent for a quarter of a century — which had come as a great surprise even to the directors . |
26 | Her death had come as a great shock to him . |
27 | This was where his grandfather had come as a young man , to worship and to be at peace with himself . |
28 | His success had come as a complete surprise to him . |
29 | It had been clear that Artai 's decision to name Jehan as a member of the embassy had come as a complete surprise . |
30 | The marriage had come as a complete shock even to Eliot 's closest friends , such as Emily Hale and Mary Trevelyan . |