Example sentences of "come of the [noun sg] " 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 | Nothing seemed to have come of the silver salver idea , no doubt because of the continuing need for secrecy . |
| 4 | A building to house the round table was begun , but otherwise nothing came of the idea . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | However , some good came of the course — he discovered the recommended textbook , Handyman Gardener by David Stevens , Octopus 1989 , £1.50 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Nothing , however , came of the project . |
| 9 | This enthusiasm , inspired by Scottish sections , was short lived , and nothing came of the move , but it did signal a phase of agitation over representation that was to culminate in formal acceptance of the principle at the 1917 Congress . |
| 10 | No doubt they had made considerable preparations before the news came of the cancellation ; it is hoped that they were not inconvenienced too much . |
| 11 | The whereabouts of Flaxman 's death mask was not known , and nothing came of the suggestion . |
| 12 | Nothing came of the meeting and when it broke up there was much animosity between its organiser and the non-attenders . |
| 13 | No-one thought then that much would come of the idea , but just two years later it was picked up by Margaret Thatcher 's review and emerged as a central plank of the restructured NHS . |
| 14 | ‘ No good 'll come of the province of the flesh , sonny ! ’ |
| 15 | If the latter prevails , nothing will come of the encounter . |