Example sentences of "[noun sg] have come as a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | But for accident victims like Marie Moore from Darlaston , today 's decision has come as a bitter blow . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Political defeat has come as a profound shock for the ruling Cambodian People 's Party ( CPP ) . |
4 | The marriage had come as a complete shock even to Eliot 's closest friends , such as Emily Hale and Mary Trevelyan . |
5 | But the news has come as a total shock for many people . |
6 | The ruling has come as a bitter blow Brain Goldsworthy 's common law wife . |
7 | His success had come as a complete surprise to him . |
8 | Patrick Duff wrote , ‘ This reverse has come as a great shock . |
9 | The news she had just received from Dorothy 's doctor had come as a dreadful shock , and for the moment she could not trust herself to speak . |
10 | This was where his grandfather had come as a young man , to worship and to be at peace with himself . |
11 | The knowledge that fitzAlan had a family had come as a strange shock . |
12 | Her death had come as a great shock to him . |
13 | It had been clear that Artai 's decision to name Jehan as a member of the embassy had come as a complete surprise . |