Example sentences of "come [prep] a [adj] surprise " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's come as a major surprise to his friends at the training club . |
| 2 | His success had come as a complete surprise to him . |
| 3 | It should have come as a complete surprise , but the man swayed , taking Ross 's fist on his shoulder . |
| 4 | It had been clear that Artai 's decision to name Jehan as a member of the embassy had come as a complete surprise . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Did your experience at drama school come as a great surprise to you ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Tearful Mandy said : ‘ This has come as a total surprise to me and my family . |
| 10 | They wanted it to come as a sudden surprise — jolt . |
| 11 | This was a test of how fast the regiment could pack up and move out to its battle positions , and was supposed to come as a big surprise , but Maxim knew how easy it was to predict . |
| 12 | The pregnancy came as a real surprise . |
| 13 | The pregnancy came as a real surprise . |
| 14 | ‘ The pregnancy came as a real surprise . |
| 15 | In fact , it came as a complete surprise to the hoteliers of Ramsey when they were given notice to quit their premises within six days , leaving behind ‘ all furniture , bedding , linen , cutlery , crockery and utensils ’ . |
| 16 | The news came as a complete surprise . |
| 17 | The instruction to evacuate the buildings came as a complete surprise . |
| 18 | Serfaty 's release came as a complete surprise . |
| 19 | The redundancies apparently came as a complete surprise to USL staff who were assured before Christmas that no jobs would be lost through the Novell deal . |
| 20 | Such is the standard of junior sides in this competition that the game appeared to be no more than a formality for us , so our 4–1 defeat came as a complete surprise . |
| 21 | This result came as a complete surprise to me and everyone else , and it was greeted with general disbelief . |
| 22 | The discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole , at a time when global trends in ozone levels were uncertain , came as a complete surprise . |
| 23 | Her proposal of marriage came as a complete surprise as her boyfriend popped the question while they were on holiday in Spain . |
| 24 | The news came as a complete surprise to workers at the Oxfordshire base . |
| 25 | She said : ‘ The presentation came as a complete surprise . |
| 26 | Well I ca n't pretend that this doctoring business came as a total surprise . |
| 27 | The hacienda came as a total surprise . |
| 28 | Glen Coe Still on conservation issues , it came as a pleasant surprise to many when the news leaked that the Countryside Commission for Scotland , who built and own the controversial visitors centre on National Trust for Scotland ground in Glen Coe , had recommended that the centre be moved . |
| 29 | It came as a pleasant surprise and is most gratefully received . |
| 30 | The fact that manipulation was possible even in the almost unadulterated democracy of the congress came as a great surprise to most delegates . |