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 .
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