Example sentences of "it come [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wanted it to come as a sudden surprise — jolt . |
| 2 | Convertibility eventually came in 1958 ; but it came with a fixed exchange rate . |
| 3 | It came with a generous 8Mb of RAM , backed by a full complement of 256Kb secondary cache RAM . |
| 4 | His Catechism of a Revolutionary is a classic in the tactics of terrorism , and it came with an agreeable click of fittingness to learn recently that this work earned a place on the bookshelves of Stalin . |
| 5 | I like to feel that if it came to a stand-up fight I would have a good chance of victory and escape . |
| 6 | I did not know whom I might meet there , and cramped as I as I did not fancy my chances at running away if it came to a straight chase on a hard surface . |
| 7 | If it came to a straight choice between a dolphin and Henry ( and in Henry 's view things had already got that serious ) he would go for Henry every time . |
| 8 | If it came to a straight cash contest , Blackburn can leave the rest standing . |
| 9 | But if it came to a pitched battle , the phalanx of heavily armed , well-mounted knights was a very formidable weapon . |
| 10 | This simple , naive and incomprehensible blunder established Scotland 's reputation as the team most likely to screw up when it came to a big match preparation . |
| 11 | It lacked the bypass of Hebon under Pertunda , and Triglaf certainly had the edge on it when it came to a southerly location . |
| 12 | Unfortunately it came to a sudden stop , got too efficient at it , you see , and er got done too early . |
| 13 | Furthermore , the DUC also realized that the mining had to be prevented by preventing prospecting and not waiting to begin opposition with the planning applications for the mining itself : ‘ We always felt that if it came to an actual application for mining that we would lose . |
| 14 | Macari 's reputation for betting stretches back to his days with Celtic , when he rose to prominence under the tutelage of the club 's great manager , the late Jock Stein , a man who had his own formidable reputation when it came to an each way bet . |
| 15 | In fact , it came as a complete surprise to the hoteliers of Ramsey when they were given notice to quit their premises within six days , leaving behind ‘ all furniture , bedding , linen , cutlery , crockery and utensils ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Although Steven said he 'd heard arguing , I never had so it came as a complete shock . ’ |
| 17 | Cooper said : ‘ It came as a complete bombshell . |
| 18 | Gavin , who chose The Crusades , 1095–1154 , as his final specialist subject , said : ‘ It came as a great surprise to win . |
| 19 | Maggie was called to see Mr Parnham during the next morning and it came as a great surprise . |
| 20 | It came as a great surprise to me for some reason or other . |
| 21 | However , it came as a great shock to Richard when , some time later , this friend fell into profanity and drunkenness . |
| 22 | It came as a great shock . |
| 23 | Nasser was not informed of his mothers death until he returned to Khatatba , several months later , when it came as a great shock . |
| 24 | He says it came as a great shock , although when she was a drug addict they had wondered how she managed to pay for heroin . |
| 25 | Glen Coe Still on conservation issues , it came as a pleasant surprise to many when the news leaked that the Countryside Commission for Scotland , who built and own the controversial visitors centre on National Trust for Scotland ground in Glen Coe , had recommended that the centre be moved . |
| 26 | It came as a pleasant surprise and is most gratefully received . |
| 27 | It came as a mild shock to realise that there was none . |
| 28 | But there is no masking the truth and , when Costakis learnt of this ‘ bashfulness ’ , it came as a painful blow to his self-esteem as a collector . |
| 29 | Considering that Russia had not engaged in naval warfare for some 50 years and that its industrial economy had been almost totally destroyed during the war , it came as a considerable shock to discover that it was capable of building such a strikingly graceful , and powerful , class of warship . |
| 30 | It came as a considerable shock , therefore , when , on 24 January 1977 , the Chief Executive of the Mid-Glamorgan County Council received a letter from the Welsh Education Office of the DES stating the government 's intention of removing courses of teacher-training from the Polytechnic as part of the overall plan to reduce the number of teacher-training places in the Principality to 2,850 by 1981 . |