Example sentences of "[vb -s] come [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patrick Duff wrote , ‘ This reverse has come as a great shock . |
| 2 | Tearful Mandy said : ‘ This has come as a total surprise to me and my family . |
| 3 | But the news has come as a total shock for many people . |
| 4 | This has come as a terrible shock . |
| 5 | ‘ This has come as a terrible shock . |
| 6 | Charles Tompkins , managing director of NOS , a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless , said the contract has come as a major breakthrough for his company , propelling it into the major league of offshore suppliers . |
| 7 | His death today has come as a complete shock . |
| 8 | I 'm sure this has come as a big shock to you . |
| 9 | The decision to sell Harford has come as a big blow to Luton boss David Pleat who said : ‘ I did n't want him to go but the club needs the money . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Therefore the problem that had emerged in 1985 has come as a considerable shock to us and I would say that the present directors of Mogul Ireland — ourselves — have acted promptly , decisively and responsibly since it came to our attention . |
| 11 | But for accident victims like Marie Moore from Darlaston , today 's decision has come as a bitter blow . |
| 12 | The ruling has come as a bitter blow Brain Goldsworthy 's common law wife . |
| 13 | Political defeat has come as a profound shock for the ruling Cambodian People 's Party ( CPP ) . |
| 14 | All this has come as an unpleasant surprise to Hong Kong 's officials . |
| 15 | Trained by Nicky Henderson and the mount of Richard Dunwoody , Flown has come through a satisfactory preparation for the step-up to the ultimate test today . |
| 16 | It 's clear our little truce has come to a grinding halt . |
| 17 | The wall of molten lava has come to a virtual halt 150 yards from the first home in the town , but officials said yesterday that its flow appeared to have picked up speed further up the slope . |
| 18 | Now , as a letter to the Times pointed out last week , the word ‘ train ’ is being replaced by ‘ service ’ — as in ‘ Please do not open the doors until the service has come to a complete standstill . ’ |
| 19 | ROBERT Hall 's love affair with Rolls-Royces has come to a temporary halt . |
| 20 | Variable analysis is the closest that social research has come to a generic method of social investigation . |
| 21 | Things have not worked out as expected , there has been a snag , the line of development has come to a dead end , the promising drug is not safe enough for people and so on . |
| 22 | The author has come to an overall conclusion that , perhaps , clients and dealers are very much the same sort of people . |
| 23 | The inference that he did so by selling is supported by the incidental evidence of miracle-stories : one from St-Benoît-sur-Loire , for instance , recorded in the 870s , tells of two " comrades " ( compares ) at the monastery 's weekly market , who quarrelled over the 12d. they had made on their joint transactions ; another story of similar date from St-Hubert in the Ardennes has a peasant ( rusticus ) stating quite explicitly that he has come to an annual fair " to acquire the wherewithal to pay what I owe to my lord " . |
| 24 | Joe Brolly has come with a late run into the Derry side |
| 25 | The handsome ground rent taken for temporarily housing the national side has come with a built-in penalty clause , too , it would seem . |
| 26 | The time has come for a radical re-examination of the provision of services for this particularly disadvantaged group of people . |
| 27 | We must recognize that the time has come for a national crusade against pornography . |
| 28 | ‘ This validation from the Prime Minister has come at an important time for the industry as it strives to get up off its knees , ’ said Keith Banbury , Chief Executive . |
| 29 | In role the teacher enters as a traveller to tell them that she has come from a neighbouring village , where Roman soldiers are delivering a decree that all will have to pay a new tax ; the traveller has to go on her way . |
| 30 | The question then as to whether feminism and Christianity are compatible is that of whether the equality of women is compatible with a religion which has come from a past patriarchal age . |