Example sentences of "death [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One mistake meant death for them all . |
| 2 | If they are , in many cases it means certain death for them . |
| 3 | No philosophy of death for them . |
| 4 | The IRA had plotted a miserable and evil death for him . |
| 5 | ‘ You say it is urgent , a matter of life or death for me . ’ |
| 6 | Indeed , if any one of them had killed a cat , even in these special circumstances , he would have been put to death for it . |
| 7 | ‘ I think we can arrange a more amusing death for you . ’ |
| 8 | Hebrews 2 contains a fascinating idea that Jesus had to be made human in order to overcome death for us ; that is to say , he pioneered our way through the deep waters of death . |
| 9 | ‘ But he loved us and he worked himself to death for us . ’ |
| 10 | I worried to death about him . |
| 11 | His servants certainly looked strange to me — there was a smell of death about them . |
| 12 | Someone , somewhere , must be worried to death about her . |
| 13 | There , where I had hoped to see a fine , impressive house , was nothing but a blackened heap of stones , with the silence of death about it . |
| 14 | ‘ Roger , despite the quilted cushions , the golden clocks , the silver spoons and Venetian goblets , this house has the stink of death about it . |
| 15 | She 's frightened to death of 'im |
| 16 | See that fucking knife Mark , I ought to stab you or him with it , I am sick to death of yous . |
| 17 | She treats the mothers and fathers just the same as the children and they 're all scared to death of her . |
| 18 | Jilly Fox had once said bleakly to Alix Bowen on a bad evening that her release would be the death of her . |
| 19 | Doris was always coming weeping and shrieking to Mavis in those days , saying he 'd be the death of her , and meanwhile Fred would reel down the cellar steps and visit the tarts for consolation . |
| 20 | Only I was just scared — I could have broken her in two with my bare hands and I was scared to death of her . |
| 21 | You 'll be the death of me with all your questions . ’ |
| 22 | But I also knew I could not ; it would have been the death of me . |
| 23 | ‘ You 'll be the death of me , you will , ’ said Bella laughing . |
| 24 | How often do parents say in exasperation , ‘ Oh , you 'll be the death of me ’ ? |
| 25 | ‘ You 'll be the death of me , Mr Loveitt , dammee if you wo n't , ’ she said , her voice as loud and hard as her laugh . |
| 26 | ‘ That Garry will be the death of me . |
| 27 | She 'll be death of me ! |
| 28 | ‘ As my old mother used to say , money will be the death of me . ’ |
| 29 | I 'm sick to death of them cluttering up my hall like that . |
| 30 | Herring , herring ! until you were sick to death of them . |