Example sentences of "was [adv] dying [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Tarrant — kindly portrayed in The Happy-Go-Lucky Morgans as Mr Stodham — later introduced Edward to Mr Noble ( the father of his future wife ) who was slowly dying of a malignant , tubercular throat disease but was still actively engaged as ‘ Paul Pelican ’ , an influential journalist and critic . |
| 2 | The Saturday Benediction was slowly dying of indifference . |
| 3 | It was the most inspiring experience of my life and the visit provided food for my hungry spirit which by then was slowly dying from malnutrition . |
| 4 | However , there are numerous communities where the Lubavitch rabbi has revived a community that was literally dying on its feet . ’ |
| 5 | Christian accompanied him once to Ireland to watch a new filly run , took one look through the field-glasses , announced he was already dying of boredom , and departed to look at paintings . |
| 6 | A UNHCR official , Larry Hollingworth , who returned to Sarajevo yesterday , said 160 male war wounded remained in Srebrenica but no one was now dying from malnutrition . |
| 7 | Could n't they see that he was simply dying for want of a word from Kee , that not seeing her or being able to write or talk to her was killing him , and that nothing else mattered ? |