Example sentences of "had come as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He put on exquisite robes that had come as a gift from distant India , and took of vial of scented water , then mounted upon his noble steed . |
| 2 | Her death had come as a great shock to him . |
| 3 | It was plain for all to see that his father 's ultimatum had come as a shock to Jonna . |
| 4 | This was where his grandfather had come as a young man , to worship and to be at peace with himself . |
| 5 | He had achieved a position of some prominence in the Senate between 1942 and 1944 but his choice as Roosevelt 's vice-presidential running mate at the Democratic convention in July 1944 had come as a surprise . |
| 6 | His success had come as a complete surprise to him . |
| 7 | The marriage had come as a complete shock even to Eliot 's closest friends , such as Emily Hale and Mary Trevelyan . |
| 8 | The news she had just received from Dorothy 's doctor had come as a dreadful shock , and for the moment she could not trust herself to speak . |
| 9 | It had been clear that Artai 's decision to name Jehan as a member of the embassy had come as a complete surprise . |
| 10 | If the invitation had come as a result of anxious discussion with Jenny about Cassie 's state of mind , and she rather thought that it had , Ben showed no sign of it . |
| 11 | One party had come as a dragon and were doing a conga through the dancing couples , tail disintegrating even as the giant head bobbed up and down . |
| 12 | He had come as a student of farming to this dairy , thinking he would be here only a short time . |
| 13 | The realisation of her feelings for Rourke had come as a shock , the more so because there was no chance he would ever come to care for her in return . |
| 14 | Although it had come as a shock , for he had never made it his business to enquire into the ramifications of his family , he had found a morbid humour in the situation . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It was because she 'd never taken him seriously that the whole thing had come as a surprise . |
| 17 | Hammie Smillie , head of ScottishPower 's customer service , said in Glasgow yesterday that the introduction of VAT had come as a surprise . |
| 18 | The Department of Trade and Industry , which is responsible for firework safety , said yesterday that the decision to examine how casualty figures were collated had come as a result of a meeting with local authorities . |
| 19 | It had come as an unpleasant shock to realize how much they knew : those employing the man , that was — the French Haute Police , as they called themselves . |