Example sentences of "come as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One party had come as a dragon and were doing a conga through the dancing couples , tail disintegrating even as the giant head bobbed up and down . |
| 2 | Although the Aylesbury area still has an unemployment rate which is below the national average , the job loses have come as a blow , but the district council is already thinking about other uses for the site . |
| 3 | I know that the organisational change has come as a shock to you , as it has for me , but we want to part company after all these years , on the best and friendliest of terms . |
| 4 | No one is ever fully prepared for bereavement , and even if her husband 's terminal illness was one from which she had known he could not hope to recover , his death will still have come as a shock to her which may create a feeling of numbness and unreality : . |
| 5 | It was plain for all to see that his father 's ultimatum had come as a shock to Jonna . |
| 6 | It has come as a shock to realise that your magazine can no longer be relied on to present the relevant information in a straightforward factual manner . |
| 7 | This has come as a shock to all of us , Masklin thought . |
| 8 | The exponential growth in CMEA debt ( from $6 billion in 1970 to $58.3 billion in 1981 ) has come as a shock to borrower and lender alike . |
| 9 | So maybe the lack of interest in Latin American art this week should not have come as a shock . |
| 10 | Although not unexpected , his death had still come as a shock . |
| 11 | This attitude has come as a shock to many in Hollywood who are falling over themselves to sign him . |
| 12 | The demand for subject access may have come as a shock to the library profession but , more importantly , it raised a very fundamental issue : that is , the role of the catalogue in providing access to the library collection . |
| 13 | The realisation of her feelings for Rourke had come as a shock , the more so because there was no chance he would ever come to care for her in return . |
| 14 | Although it had come as a shock , for he had never made it his business to enquire into the ramifications of his family , he had found a morbid humour in the situation . |
| 15 | ‘ It seems to have come as a shock to you , ’ he observed . |
| 16 | The smile may have come as a surprise to connoisseurs of the pictures of him which have been issued to the world . |
| 17 | Temple 's decision to increase its offer had not come as a surprise , he said , and the SeaCo board would meet next week to consider its response . |
| 18 | Hardy 's decision , in 1862 , to further his career in London must have come as a surprise to his family and employer — perhaps even to himself since he set out with a return ticket in his pocket . |
| 19 | It can not have come as a surprise when , in November 1990 , the ninth biggest US accounting firm , Laventhol & Howarth , had to seek Chapter 11 protection from its creditors , with the ensuing risk of personal bankruptcy for its partners . |
| 20 | The revelation that the villagers recognised four types of diarrhoea seems to have come as a surprise to BRAC , suggesting insufficient research on the part of BRAC prior to launching its programme . |
| 21 | It may have come as a surprise to some , especially those nations where they have a fixed XV to which they only add as time goes by ’ . |
| 22 | Washington 's success on the Pro-Tour has come as a surprise to some , not least Brian Gottfried , former touring pro and now head coach at the ATP 's headquarters in Florida . |
| 23 | For several years , we were twins , which must have come as a surprise to my mother , then slowly she fell behind as I pulled ahead , year after year . |
| 24 | He had achieved a position of some prominence in the Senate between 1942 and 1944 but his choice as Roosevelt 's vice-presidential running mate at the Democratic convention in July 1944 had come as a surprise . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps I 'll let the ending come as a surprise . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Yes and no , ’ mumbled Hyacinth , to whom the news of the arrest and incarceration of the chairman of the YCs had just come as a surprise . |
| 27 | Yet his father 's death should not have come as a surprise . |
| 28 | It was because she 'd never taken him seriously that the whole thing had come as a surprise . |
| 29 | The news has come as a surprise to the local council . |
| 30 | The honour may have come as a surprise to some , but England 's second city has never played second fiddle in the music business , spawning such performers as The Moody Blues , The Spencer Davis group , Black Sabbath , ELO , Duran Duran and UB40 . |