Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] of a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christian , who came of a long line of English country gentlemen whose only aesthetic investment was in bloodstock , was a maverick , and the despair of his family when Edouard first met him . |
| 2 | In the first chilly greyness of dawn , before the sun rose , Sergeant Comstock , of the uniformed branch , who came of a long line of native fishermen , not to say poachers , and knew his river as he knew the palm of his own hand , thankfully abandoned what he had always known was a useless patrol of the left bank downstream , and on his own responsibility borrowed one of his many nephews , and embarked with him in the coracle which was his natural means of personal transport on the Comer . |
| 3 | Families from Aberdeen , Glasgow and Edinburgh were included in the study after they were referred by medical practitioners who knew of a strong family history of the disease . |
| 4 | There is an even older version of the song , describing the fate of a young lady who died of a broken heart after being jilted by her lover . |
| 5 | " The neighbourhood was not very populous and during the first three days our visitors were few , some children from the village below , a gypsy woman or two with dark eyes , who carried of a few halfpence , and perhaps a chance passer by . |