Example sentences of "[noun] come [conj] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can promise you that the total came as quite a shock to me , I was convinced it would be well in excess of my budget . |
| 2 | Still , relegation came as quite a shock to the system . |
| 3 | Communion comes but twice a year for some |
| 4 | It 's not every house that has antique vases thirty feet up a wall to dust … fortunately even at Claydon House the problem comes but once a year . |
| 5 | ‘ The amount of studying for the exams comes as quite a shock ’ |
| 6 | Long — well , perhaps not that long-ago , in a drowsy Melbourne suburb called Surrey Hills , where Christmas came but once a year and the rest of the time there was the telly , you could say life was dull . |
| 7 | ‘ Christmas comes but once a year . ’ |
| 8 | As Italians and many others would agree , fortunately for the figure Christmas comes but once a year ! |