Example sentences of "be a [adj] shock " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thinning out process has been a great shock to me , I had a higher opinion of working class thought — but it is that where the weakness lies , not in our efforts of propaganda . |
| 2 | ‘ She was a very lovely girl and it 's been a great shock to us all , ’ agreed Melissa . |
| 3 | The defence counsel , Robert Henderson , QC , said that Mr Buckley 's death had been a great shock to Sutherland who had been very lucky to escape with his life . |
| 4 | ‘ It must have been a terrible shock . |
| 5 | ‘ It must have been a terrible shock for you … ’ |
| 6 | She knew Eddie 's gambling had had disastrous consequences for her family , but it had been a terrible shock to discover he had taken so much from his best friend as well . |
| 7 | ‘ Finding your friend 's body must have been a terrible shock for you , ’ he said . |
| 8 | ‘ It must have been a terrible shock , when she left , I mean . ’ |
| 9 | ( The assumption that large ( absolute ) shocks are less likely than small ones makes it irrational to infer from an unexpectedly high price that there has been a negative shock to , say , aggregate demand outweighed by a large positive shock to relative demand . ) |
| 10 | ‘ Had it been a total shock to you or had you suspected anything ? ’ |
| 11 | The murder must have been a severe shock to her and she would no doubt be deeply concerned over its effect on her husband ; she should have gone to see her yesterday , or at least telephoned . |
| 12 | To find one who was less than acquiescent must have been a considerable shock . |
| 13 | And , on a quick trip down to Devon , it had been a considerable shock to discover the full extent of the problem . |
| 14 | The truth about the warren had been a grim shock . |
| 15 | This must have been a horrible shock to you . ’ |
| 16 | It must have been a dreadful shock . |
| 17 | ‘ It must have been a big shock . |
| 18 | ‘ What has happened recently has been a big shock to them and they have now got to knuckle down . ’ |
| 19 | It will be a major shock to most Welsh cricket spectators — and this column — if he does n't stay . |
| 20 | Heats 9-16 are run off at the Ringsend venue and it will be a major shock if Ballyfolion , a comfortable qualifier last week , does not oblige again . |
| 21 | It will be a major shock if Northern Ireland , despite losing skipper Alan McDonald , do not achieve a comfortable win . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's going to be a terrible shock ! ’ |
| 23 | This will be a terrible shock to her . |
| 24 | If Philip had been looking for a pale , sickly , ragged and possibly fettered prisoner , Harry would be a considerable shock to him . |
| 25 | In his YWES chapter for 1924 ( p. 58 ) , he remarked that ‘ it will be a grievous shock to many an innocent sentimentalist , accustomed to see the one-eyed and red-bearded deities everywhere , to learn that Pórr and Oó3in can not be found in any Scandinavian place-name in England ’ . |
| 26 | You look like you just landed back on earth or something and it 's a real shock . ’ |
| 27 | Corn plaster queen lands weekly spot on ‘ Kelly ’ ‘ She 's a one-woman shock force ’ |
| 28 | He says it 's a great shock to everybody and not something you expect to affect such a young chap . |
| 29 | There 's nothing wrong with the taste , but it 's a culinary shock if you order one or two for dessert under the impression that you are about to eat some oriental sweetmeat . |
| 30 | It 's a terrible shock this sort of thing could happen here |