Example sentences of "come of a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The son of Caerleon is a progressive type , apparently certain to come of a few pounds for that introduction , and should be good enough to take the Queen 's Own Yorkshire Dragoons Stakes . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ He came of a crusading line which has held the manor of Templecombe since time immemorial ? ’ |
| 5 | They were introduced to one another by a woman friend who thought they should get on well in London as Margaret came of a better family and knew the people , and Ivy had the money . |
| 6 | He came of a labouring family and he himself began work in the local cotton industry at the age of ten . |
| 7 | His father came of a well-known Sussex family , and left him a lease of Selsey prebend in his will of 15 April 1569 . |
| 8 | In my case you get pregnant at every verse end , cos I came of a big family you see , mm . |
| 9 | In fact my own wife , she came of a big family and and she had to look after most of the the younger children until they started work you see and then it was the next one that had to look after them again you see and so on , and that 's how it went on . |