Example sentences of "as quite [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It came as quite a shock to enter the brightly-lit building . |
| 2 | I can promise you that the total came as quite a shock to me , I was convinced it would be well in excess of my budget . |
| 3 | ‘ The amount of studying for the exams comes as quite a shock ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It was a very expensive clear-out and must have come as quite a shock when the penny dropped . |
| 5 | Still , relegation came as quite a shock to the system . |
| 6 | But it 's regarded as quite a find . |
| 7 | Stop-start combining , with most wheats still some way off ripening , comes as quite a change compared with the past two years . |
| 8 | ‘ It came as quite a surprise ’ , said one . |
| 9 | Since they are both high-class batsmen this comes as quite a surprise , but looking through the records one sees that one of them has failed fairly often ; their strength is that when that has happened the other has usually gone on to a big score , thereby relieving the pressure on the middle order . |
| 10 | The body is made from a single piece of mahogany , which came as quite a surprise , because at a casual glance you 'd think it was ash . |
| 11 | It had come as quite a surprise to discover he was charming , very generous , and enormous fun to be with . |
| 12 | ‘ We 're delighted to get the award but it came as quite a surprise , ’ said business director . |
| 13 | In the demonstration New Scientist played with , which involved data about a doughnut factory , there were confusing references to SPVSRS ( supervisors ) as well as quite a lot of mathematical symbols . |
| 14 | There is evidence of a Roman settlement as quite a number of coins have been ploughed up relating to this period in history . |
| 15 | As quite a handful of her boyfriends had been ? |