Example sentences of "[verb] come [prep] a [adj] surprise " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tearful Mandy said : ‘ This has come as a total surprise to me and my family . |
| 2 | The announcement on the morning of 22 November of Mrs Thatcher 's decision to resign came as a dramatic surprise to the public because , up to that point , all the outward signs had been that she intended to stick to her initial resolve to contest the second ballot . |
| 3 | Being so far advanced in this objective , even before the evening started , it must have come as a great surprise when the meeting was jolted into controversy by an unexpected suggestion from Councillor B. Watts . |
| 4 | NEIL Kinnock 's slightly manic conducting of Men of Harlech at Egglescliffe School on Friday may have come as a mild surprise to the attendant gentlemen of the Press . |
| 5 | It should have come as a complete surprise , but the man swayed , taking Ross 's fist on his shoulder . |
| 6 | Last year an East India company in the tea trade had gone bankrupt , and the court found it had actually been insolvent for a quarter of a century — which had come as a great surprise even to the directors . |
| 7 | His success had come as a complete surprise to him . |
| 8 | It had been clear that Artai 's decision to name Jehan as a member of the embassy had come as a complete surprise . |
| 9 | It 's come as a major surprise to his friends at the training club . |