Example sentences of "[verb] come as a [adj] shock " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patrick Duff wrote , ‘ This reverse has come as a great shock . |
| 2 | But the news has come as a total shock for many people . |
| 3 | This has come as a terrible shock . |
| 4 | ‘ This has come as a terrible shock . |
| 5 | His death today has come as a complete shock . |
| 6 | I 'm sure this has come as a big shock to you . |
| 7 | ‘ Therefore the problem that had emerged in 1985 has come as a considerable shock to us and I would say that the present directors of Mogul Ireland — ourselves — have acted promptly , decisively and responsibly since it came to our attention . |
| 8 | Political defeat has come as a profound shock for the ruling Cambodian People 's Party ( CPP ) . |
| 9 | The knowledge that fitzAlan had a family had come as a strange shock . |
| 10 | ‘ When you got the solicitor 's letter saying you 'd inherited the place it must have come as a terrific shock . |
| 11 | He had picked up the pieces after the war and it must have come as a total shock to someone with his background to find players in his side who rocked the boat . |
| 12 | Her death had come as a great shock to him . |
| 13 | The marriage had come as a complete shock even to Eliot 's closest friends , such as Emily Hale and Mary Trevelyan . |
| 14 | 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 . |