Example sentences of "[modal v] die of [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll die of boredom if I live that long — |
| 2 | And that 's another one , you know : she would die of shame if she knew that you were even looking at a Felton , never mind expressing affection for one . |
| 3 | Never ! 'Cos I would die of shame if I retaliated and hit back ; and I would , because I 've levelled men almost as big as you before today , and you know it . ’ |
| 4 | But the British Nuclear Forum warns that thousands of Russians would die of hypothermia if the country 's nuclear capacity , which provides 15 per cent of total electricity needs , were to belost . |
| 5 | 91,000 people have dementia in Scotland and although many will die of other causes , vastly more will die of dementia than the few hundred dying of Aids . |