Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun sg] to death [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | A Tottenham teenager beat his stepfather to death with a cricket bat after an argument about mess caused by his puppies . |
2 | A TEENAGE mother who stabbed her daughter to death after giving birth because she was too terrified to seek help , walked free from a court yesterday . |
3 | A MAN who hacked his father-in-law to death with a Samurai sword in a row over drugs was yesterday jailed for life . |
4 | BRITISH Rail supervisor Geoffrey Capper battered and strangled his wife to death at their flat in Westcliff , a court heard yesterday . |
5 | THE mansion where an oil tycoon battered his wife to death before killing himself is up for sale . |
6 | A MAN who stabbed his wife to death in front of their young son begged for the boy 's forgiveness in court yesterday . |