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1 And following the transparencies came a surprise for crowd and paraders alike.
2 He had just shot an elephant, when there came a surprise :
3 Then came a surprise which roused the whole city.
4 And, as love is wayward, in the knowledge came a surprise for her-andit brought shame.
5 On the sixth day after the departure of the boys there came a surprise for Mrs. Barton.
6 Early in the morning came a surprise .
7 But at the first course there came a surprise in the form of a knight outside the door.
8 Then came a surprise : An incidental survey question suggested that coffee did increase the chances of pancreatic cancer.
9 But in 1892 came a surprise .
10 Then came a surprise in 2011.
11 Then came a surprise for them.
13 This speech was followed by a short address by George Strong, and then came a surprise when Dick Rover stepped forward.
14 The following day and the day after passed in the same pleasant fashion, and the third day there came a surprise for the children.
15 Then came a surprise , which for a moment had so much in it of bitter realism that it drove the blood from my wife's cheeks.
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