Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [adv] unexpected [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there , as they say , the matter rested , for there was now nothing further we could do ; and Meehan might have had to serve many more years in prison had not a further and quite unexpected twist come to this most tangled of cases . |
| 2 | On main roads , the 50 km/h average speed also remained unchanged , an unhelpful but hardly unexpected outcome given the lack of treatment these received roads in the experiments . |
| 3 | In the course of researching extra material for Pursuit in the Public Records Office I made one lucky and quite unexpected find . |
| 4 | To a large degree , all of these developments can be traced back to a sudden and quite unexpected revolt against the drive and direction of nineteenth century thinking . |
| 5 | The advent of Edna into the household had been a miraculous and totally unexpected blessing , if such a word could be applied to what had become a devastating situation . |
| 6 | After passing the welcome but rather unexpected Sportsman 's Inn , the river is re-crossed at Stone House Bridge , one of the few places on this narrow highway where there is space to park a few cars . |
| 7 | Yet her intolerance was attenuated by a fundamental and rather unexpected liberalism . |
| 8 | Their huts were 12 hours ' journey from the nearest main road , and the occasional and always unexpected arrival of the maximo lider was a cause for rejoicing and an indication that somebody , somewhere actually cared for them and took an interest in their otherwise isolated and neglected lives . |
| 9 | This is where the forces of the earth are exposed with a dramatic clarity and where billion-year old rocks , deposited at a time when seas extended right across the valley give the stark harshness of the area a startling and a rare and sometimes unexpected beauty at different times of the day . |
| 10 | The other moments I will treasure were the near-perfect serving of Michael Stich in his first Wimbledon final against Boris Becker , which puts a new and totally unexpected name on that historic trophy ; the charmless street-fighter qualities of Monica Seles which nevertheless took her to the number one spot in the world while showing total contempt for most of the accepted standards of behaviour that should belong to a champion ; and finally the conversion of Andre Agassi from teenage rebel to near-establishment idol at Wimbledon , where he appeared in shining white and won the hearts not only of his adoring army of fans , but also of most of the middle-age traditionalists . |
| 11 | Clearly , the Sverdlov posed a new and totally unexpected threat to the sea defences of Europe . |
| 12 | He chattered on in his easy way to a somewhat sceptical family who were not accustomed to thinking of Bodo in this new and totally unexpected light . |
| 13 | Then , to her everlasting shame , a new and totally unexpected sensation found its way into her consciousness , so devastating , so unlike anything she had ever experienced before , as her body betrayed her with its instant response . |