Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] to death " in BNC.
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| 1 | Along the main road , though lit , it was a long way ; across the seemingly vast open field , pitch dark , might lie rape , and murder , or freezing to death . |
| 2 | The French aims to pass on enough ‘ to prevent getting lost in the Metro or starving to death in a cafe ’ while the Environment will look at national and local industries and their emissions . |
| 3 | I know the money 's not brilliant but it 's better than freezing to death on a state pension . ’ |
| 4 | To Lord John , Sharpe was nothing but a killer who had been trained and hardened to death on innumerable battlefields , while Lord John had only ever brought about the death of foxes . |
| 5 | People in her own country who have been injured , terrified and starving to death have behaved in a way that Anna can hardly bring herself to think about . |
| 6 | Sadly , large numbers of badgers in urban areas die every year as a result of being knocked down by vehicles , swallowing pesticides and becoming trapped in out-buildings and starving to death . |
| 7 | I am sick and scared to death |
| 8 | The Buddha , when he was in despair and near to death from hunger , heard some dancing girls : |
| 9 | A tramp had found her freezing and near to death on the doorstep of a gin palace near the Elephant and Castle and he had carried her to the local Catholic church . |