Example sentences of "[v-ing] to die of " in BNC.
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| 1 | My thoughts suddenly became alert : he was going to die of AIDS . |
| 2 | I 'm going to die of hunger otherwise . ’ |
| 3 | She came with him to Joe 's birthday party and danced mainly with Peter , though in the slow numbers she gave him no encouragement to smooch with her ; and when she danced with other people he thought that , quite literally , he was going to die of pain . |
| 4 | Such an increase meant , of course , a much older population ( and this tendency may have been exaggerated by the emigration of young people ) , and that more people were going to die of the diseases of old age . |
| 5 | She had thought that she was going to die of shame . |
| 6 | ‘ They said he was going to die of exposure , at his age , ’ said Maximilian . |
| 7 | Is he crying , or is he going to die of fear ? ’ |
| 8 | They were both going to die of exposure . |
| 9 | And when he bent his head , first to one breast and then the other , his lips closing over her swollen nipples , she felt as though she was almost going to die of excitement . |
| 10 | Ya ha , Joanne you 're going to die of alcohol poisoning ! |