Example sentences of "come out [prep] the blue " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Thomas said he had been concerned that the call had come out of the blue . |
| 2 | The appointment of Sally Coleman to the job of manager of Waterstones at Harrods from her current post running the Covent Garden outpost of the empire has come out of the blue . |
| 3 | Signor Candiano 's letter had come out of the blue . |
| 4 | It came out of the blue , before he knew he was famous . |
| 5 | ‘ I was shocked when Scot Gemmill was brought in for me at the start of last season because it came out of the blue . |
| 6 | ‘ It came out of the blue . |
| 7 | She said yesterday : ‘ The proposal came out of the blue . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's the awful thing , it came out of the blue . |
| 9 | He told the Echo today : ‘ It all came out of the blue . |
| 10 | George Tinsley , of the Tap and Barrel 's owners the North Yorkshire Brewing Company , said : ‘ This came out of the blue , it was a total surprise . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Hartlepool 's offer came out of the blue . |
| 12 | News of King George 's death came out of the blue . |
| 13 | Coming out of the blue as it did , I did not quite know how to reply to such a suggestion . |
| 14 | We were still in the Air Force , postings could come out of the blue at any time , so every hour we could spend together was important . |
| 15 | His offer did not come out of the blue . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , it 's a recognised symptom of the condition that an attack can come out of the blue . |
| 17 | Good ideas rarely come out of the blue ; search carefully and you will often find that someone else has anticipated your inspiration or at least , thought of something similar to it . |
| 18 | It is another devastating speech , and it comes out of the blue . |
| 19 | This was just as important , if not more so , he said , than the flash of inspiration that comes out of the blue . |
| 20 | The constantly-dripping nose for which no explanation can be found is another example , the catarrh which never quite clears up , the cold that comes out of the blue when life is difficult for us . |