Example sentences of "come of the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | One couched in the form of an account of the sale of the deceased 's effects says , ‘ Of Mr Marshall for the fine of the yeares to come of the lease of the house ’ |
2 | Very little seems to have come of the initiative until five years later , when the Treasury created something along these lines for the Conservative Chancellor , R. A. Butler , as part of an examination of spending on the social services . |
3 | To that , also , the King had given a great part of his attention , but when , late in the spring , word came of the sighting of ships from Normandy in the Clyde , he left his wife and household at Perth , where they had stayed a full week , and rode with a small retinue westwards to meet them . |
4 | Some very optimistic people thought that the war would be over in a couple of weeks and these hopes were reinforced when news came of the invasion of Normandy . |
5 | ‘ No good 'll come of the province of the flesh , sonny ! ’ |