Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] have come as " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Mr Runciman said it was decided to issue a profits warning which would have come as a bombshell . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | He may have come as a very self- satisfied person , after all , socially , he had made it . |
| 5 | Having come from a country afflicted by the worst drought in recent memory it should have come as no surprise that the Namibians were able to handle the Sicilian heat . |
| 6 | So it should have come as no surprise that IBM , which can no longer afford to squander money on things that only might come good , has decided to stop financing Supercomputing Systems . |
| 7 | It should have come as a complete surprise , but the man swayed , taking Ross 's fist on his shoulder . |
| 8 | So it should have come as no real surprise to me to discover that the ’ gear ’ Penny so briefly dismissed included a 17 foot aluminium boat , 24hp outboard , a trailer ( obviously ) , a seine net and a lot of angling equipment . |
| 9 | He had picked up the pieces after the war and it must have come as a total shock to someone with his background to find players in his side who rocked the boat . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It must have come as one hell of a shock for you , Skeeter . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ When you got the solicitor 's letter saying you 'd inherited the place it must have come as a terrific shock . |