Example sentences of "[vb past] of age [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like anyone who came of age during the '60s , Young owes an often acknowledged debt to Dylan , both as a songwriting influence and for showing how to turn questionable vocal talent into great singing . |
| 2 | Will ‘ The Thrill ’ Clark , possessed , according to experienced observers , of the sweetest swing in baseball , came of age during the National League Championship series against the Chicago Cubs . |
| 3 | I came of age in the early 1970s . |
| 4 | But for those who came of age in the dark years , the spectacle of national self-destruction remains the gauge of all that has followed . |
| 5 | I came of age in the Sixties , when there were chances , when it was all there waiting . |
| 6 | The English-language feature film came of age in the 1930s first because of its singularity as a piece of entertainment and then because it prompted responses which were important in defining cultural positions generally . |