Example sentences of "and [adv] to death " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , TB is practically non-existent in the Western world , and something we tend to forget all about , except on the odd cultural occasion when we hear Mimi coughing herself so touchingly and melodically to death in La Bohème , or read the life of a Lakeland poet , or dwell on the saga of the Lady of the Camellias . |
| 2 | The brutal attack by David Makka , 22 , left Susan Lawson , 20 , brain-damaged and close to death , a judge was told yesterday at Newcastle Crown Court . |
| 3 | Name a person whom you would wish to be contacted if you are seriously ill and close to death |
| 4 | Then he said , ‘ I knew an eagle once who was also ill and close to death . |
| 5 | Tinitus in her ears is the only physical reminder of the violent illness … which left her unconscious and close to death . |
| 6 | How on a sudden lost , defaced , deflowered and now to death devote , rather how has thou yielded to transgress the strict forbiddance , how to violate the sacred fruit forbidden . |
| 7 | He condemned the practice of marital chastity as highly dangerous , leading to infertility in women , impotence in men and even to death . |