Example sentences of "[noun sg] die at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This promising start to a career was , however , to be abruptly terminated , for after eleven years in practice Playfair died at the age of thirty-nine . |
| 2 | Half the population die at the end of the third period , leaving no wealth ; the other half die at the end of the second period , leaving an ‘ unplanned ’ bequest . |
| 3 | If indeed the lady in the mask died at the birth of her child in 1575 , what on earth was the good of examining various ladies in 1578 ? |
| 4 | A POLICEMAN beaten and stabbed to death when he was called to a disturbance died at the hands of a brutal generation with no concept of right or wrong , a close friend said at his funeral yesterday . |
| 5 | The other died at the age of What ? |
| 6 | An 81-year-old woman died at the weekend in a fire at her flat in Gatrigg Court , Hexham , Northumberland . |
| 7 | In 1963 my father died at the age of sixty-one , four years short of his pensionable age . |
| 8 | When the tsar died at the beginning of 1725 there were twelve Russian diplomatic missions at work in different European capitals , a figure which was not to be significantly exceeded for the rest of the eighteenth century . |
| 9 | It seems that in the first year of life you 're more likely than at any other time in your life to die at the hands of somebody else . |
| 10 | When Annie 's daughter died at the age of five , she was heartbroken . |
| 11 | The workman died at the scene despite efforts to revive him . |
| 12 | The UFF claimed responsibility for the murder of the 40-year-old , the fifth Catholic to die at the hands of loyalist terrorists within a week . |
| 13 | In Moscow yesterday Mr Yeltsin — whose mother died at the weekend — stayed out of public view for the second day , letting his aides keep up the political pressure . |
| 14 | ‘ My mother died at the age I am myself and I never thought I 'd be older than her . |
| 15 | My stepfather died at the end of November 1991 and under his will my mother was left the life interest in the income arising from the sum of £60,000 with the remainder to my stepbrother . |