Example sentences of "comes [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Communion comes but twice a year for some |
| 2 | ‘ Christmas comes but once a year . ’ |
| 3 | As Italians and many others would agree , fortunately for the figure Christmas comes but once a year ! |
| 4 | It 's not every house that has antique vases thirty feet up a wall to dust … fortunately even at Claydon House the problem comes but once a year . |
| 5 | ‘ Being reminded that she 's actually married always comes as rather a blow , ’ Luke commented , watching her go . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Stop-start combining , with most wheats still some way off ripening , comes as quite a change compared with the past two years . |
| 8 | ‘ The amount of studying for the exams comes as quite a shock ’ |