Example sentences of "die [subord] [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Because if I 'm going to die , then let me die where I was happiest . ’ |
2 | As for Jacob 's animals , surely they will not die if they are driven too fast for one day . |
3 | She knew that the conditions in the camps meant they would die if they were not treated properly , which meant coming to Stoke Mandeville hospital in Buckinghamshire . |
4 | Constructive conflict energizes relationships ; they might wither and die if we were ever able to eliminate conflict . |
5 | She might die if she 's old . |
6 | Amy will die if she 's not in Mr Hill 's class for English . |
7 | She too would die if she were unattended . |
8 | She did n't ever want to leave Ma and Pa , and she would die if she was n't near Edward . |
9 | She 'd die if she was parted from Ricky for five minutes . |
10 | I shall die if he 's gay . |
11 | He flagged my car down to beg some drinking water , and told me that many of his animals would die if he was unable to reach water before nightfall . |
12 | I do n't think they 'll bring Simon to the rendezvous , so he could still die if there are any tricks . ’ |
13 | ‘ Oh yeah ; did n't die until I was twelve . |
14 | Doctors in Bosnia have said that many of the children injured during the violence in Sarajevo will die unless they are evacuated and treated quickly . |
15 | ‘ I would probably just die because I am so used to studying and travelling . ’ |
16 | ‘ I have let this good man die because I was busy with the last details of my case . |
17 | People in the contracting phase would live their lives backward : they would die before they were born and get younger as the universe contracted . |
18 | To prevent this from running down on-to the rest of the body and the swaddling clothes , it was immediately covered by a narrow linen band known as the ‘ chrysom ’ ; and it was the custom , should a child die before it was one month old , that this chrysom was used as the head-covering to the funerary swaddling . |
19 | All we will say is you have a policy with us , you now have H I V , we will pay out eventually , because you , you 're going to die , you 'll probably die as they are then , or one of these other illnesses will be diagnosed , we just wo n't pay out on permanent disability . |
20 | And he knew it : ‘ I will die when I am thirty-three ( like Christ ) . |
21 | I shall die when I am between seventy-five and eighty , in all likelihood ; Helen will outlive me — women live longer , it seems . |
22 | The Romans made much use of it also , its generic name being derived from salvere , to be well , and in the Middle Ages , there was a current Arabic saying : " Why should a man die when there is sage in his garden ? " |