Example sentences of "die [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I guess these folk must be dying for a cool drink and some cookies , right ? ’ |
| 2 | I think the death of David 's father was probably what took him a while to make the decision about leaving Ken , because to lose his father , who he really adored , who had always been a pillar of strength to him , changed his life , and I think David carried a bitterness about him dying for a long time . |
| 3 | The priest was dying with a last Gloria on his lips , and Harry , carried away upon a tide of hatred for all things Spanish and all things Catholic , had already sunk the blade into the back of the young hidalgo . |
| 4 | He had always been very highly strung and eventually suffered a complete mental and physical breakdown before dying in a private lunatic asylum in Roehampton 2 January 1900 . |
| 5 | NU DI DIMU Dying in a low place , often of a low fever |
| 6 | And I dream of dying in a great tree … burning … is that the first forest ? ’ |
| 7 | From humble beginnings in Altarnun , Neville Burnard was to haunt the fashionable salons of London before dying in a Cornish workhouse . |
| 8 | Natalie is dying from a rare form of cancer that has attacked her nervous system and is spreading to her bones . |
| 9 | After two years it was found that the fish eaters had up to 30 per cent less chance of dying from a second heart attack than those who had been told nothing about fish . |
| 10 | On a stormy night at the beginning of May he watched by the bedside of his brother-in-law , Robert Lovell , as he lay dying from a putrid fever , and tried to comfort Lovell 's young wife Mary , who was listening frantically to her husband 's ‘ loud , deep , unintermitted groans ’ during his final hours . |
| 11 | Those aged above 60 have a pedestrian casualty rate per head of population which is nearly double that of the 20–39 age group , whilst their greater likelihood of dying from a particular accident gives them a fatality rate six and one half times higher . |
| 12 | I have n't heard of anyone dying from a broken ankle — that 's if it is broken . ’ |
| 13 | I remember two aunts and an uncle , all very dear to me , dying within a few months . |
| 14 | ‘ Who 's talking of dying on a fine day like this ? ’ |
| 15 | This miraculous event caused Massaccio immediately to repent his past life , and he became a Benedictine monk , dying at a great age with the reputation of having led a saintly life in his chosen monastery . |
| 16 | More evidence of the worldwide decline of coral has emerged from Florida , where researchers who have been monitoring the health of the reefs since 1976 report that they are dying at a rapid rate . |
| 17 | You owe that to the extraordinary talents which you have received from a beneficent God ; and now it depends solely on your good sense and your way of life whether you die as an ordinary musician , utterly forgotten by the world , or as a famous Kapellmeister , of whom posterity will read … |
| 18 | All anencephalus children are either miscarried , die stillborn , or die within a few weeks of life . |
| 19 | Research has shown that some old people can not survive the emotional shock of moving to the Home and die within a few weeks . |
| 20 | On Jan. 9 the environmental group Greenpeace claimed that between 70,000 and 90,000 Iraqi civilians had died as a direct result of allied bombing ; the total number of Iraqi civilian and military war-related deaths was estimated at between 177,500 and 243,000 . |
| 21 | Over 1.2 million Tibetans have died as a direct result of China 's occupation , with countless more incarcerated in prisons and labour camps . |
| 22 | Torture and ill-treatment remains prevalent and some detainees have died as an apparent result of ill-treatment . |
| 23 | According to US figures on June 7 , up to 6,700 Iraqi refugees , mostly children under five , had died during a two-month period in mountain camps along the Turkish border . |
| 24 | A statement issued by the army alleged that those killed were members of a guerilla group who had died during an armed confrontation with soldiers . |
| 25 | The only souls who escaped her torments were those who were pure in thought or who had died for a noble cause . |
| 26 | CORONATION Street actor Teddy Turner , who played Chalky White in the popular soap , has died after a long illness aged 75 . |
| 27 | A soldier has died after a triple bomb attack in Northern Ireland . |
| 28 | I was recently at the funeral of a friend , who had died after a prolonged illness from cancer . |
| 29 | ONE of the founders of successful North Yorkshire food group Dalepak has died after a two year battle against leukaemia . |
| 30 | AN 11-year-old boy has died after a tragic accident while playing on a swing in the garden of his Co Londonderry home . |