Example sentences of "come [prep] a surprise " in BNC.
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1 | The smile may have come as a surprise to connoisseurs of the pictures of him which have been issued to the world . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 ’ . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | ‘ Perhaps I 'll let the ending come as a surprise . ’ |
11 | ‘ 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 . |
12 | Yet his father 's death should not have come as a surprise . |
13 | It was because she 'd never taken him seriously that the whole thing had come as a surprise . |
14 | The news has come as a surprise to the local council . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | A spokesman for the DTI acknowledged that the department had been broadly aware of the situation at Leyland-DAF in September but insisted that news of the receivership had still come as a surprise . |
17 | The size of these valuations , which in some cases exceed the value of the matrimonial home , has come as a surprise to many lawyers and to their clients . |
18 | Hammie Smillie , head of ScottishPower 's customer service , said in Glasgow yesterday that the introduction of VAT had come as a surprise . |
19 | Indeed Maiden was competitive which on the first leg may have come as a surprise to the girls . |