Example sentences of "[verb] not come as " in BNC.
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| 1 | This did not come as a surprise . |
| 2 | Spemann and Mangold 's discovery of the organizer did not come as a surprise to Spemann , nor did it involve any element of luck . |
| 3 | A spokesman said : ‘ Because of the current economic climate it did not come as a shock . |
| 4 | It did not come as a startling revelation — no blinding flash of illumination , only a possibility that he had not previously considered , something that was worth checking . |
| 5 | The move to merge did not come as a great surprise to the shareholders of either company . |
| 6 | I did n't come as an applicant for the job you 'd advertised . |
| 7 | But for many workers the move did n't come as a surprise . |
| 8 | It seems the attack did n't come as a total surprise . |
| 9 | You may cut a fine figure — ’ with an approving glance cast up and down his great-nephew 's fashionably tight-fitting blue coat over buckskins and top-boots ‘ — but an expensive young profligate is what you are , Dacre , and if this inheritance do n't come as a windfall you may call me a dunderhead ! ’ |
| 10 | What about the skills which are very important but do n't come as a formal part of any subject , the so-called communication skills ? |
| 11 | Given the importance of this area of Russia in the Civil War and the Polish campaign , the Party 's care for and vigilance over the army does not come as a surprise ; nor does the considerable military presence in 1922 in civilian organizations like the hospital and the automobile workshop . |
| 12 | If Lamb 's sacking does not come as a major shock then Gower 's latest axing is mind-blowingly baffling following his much trumpeted recall for the third Cornhill Test match at Old Trafford . |
| 13 | Generally , infertility does not come as a sudden cut-off point ; rather it declines gradually , and when it is observed we have to look for the cause in the interdependence breakdown , and not just regard it as a shortage of one or other nutrients . |
| 14 | I hope that that does not come as a total surprise to him , as it appears to . |
| 15 | The fact that her husband was having a homosexual relationship does not come as a surprise but it is more difficult for Blanche to accept because he needed help but she caused his death by saying that he ‘ disgusted ’ her . |
| 16 | But he added : ‘ The fact that Mr McNeill has said this does n't come as a surprise to me . |