Example sentences of "[modal v] die of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought we should die of laughing , but soon sobered up on seeing Miss T. 's hurt expression , because I daresay she can take it in her stride all right . |
| 2 | ‘ I could n't ; I should die of fright , ’ Claudia said , alarmed at the very thought of walking on stage in full view of an audience . |
| 3 | ‘ and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence ’ |
| 4 | In the first place , she did not plan to kill Fenna , although she recognised that he might die of grief or loneliness . |
| 5 | Thus in my planning for subsequent lessons , the person in the drama who might die of cancer was never played by anyone in the group . |
| 6 | I should tell him , extending my finger in a threatening manner : ‘ You 'll die of AIDS . ’ |
| 7 | Then I found myself shouting , inside my head , ‘ I 'll die of AIDS . |
| 8 | I 'll die of boredom if I live that long — |
| 9 | You 'll die of depression in that bug-run … " |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll die of thirst after all that effort . ’ |
| 11 | If I do n't get into dry clothes soon , I 'll die of double pneumonia . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd die of boredom instead . |
| 13 | I have been accused , too , of saying that , You tell your Doctor , I 'd know what you , I knew what you 'd die of , because they had their own things , their own pet hobbyhorses . |
| 14 | ‘ I used to think I 'd die of cholera on the spot . ’ |
| 15 | If he knew the effect he was having on her traitorous senses , she 'd die of chagrin . |
| 16 | I 'd die of a heart attack . |
| 17 | REGARDING the wolf whistling debate , should I ever receive such a gesture I think I 'd die of shock , But should some young , dishy male give me a whistle I would probably give a wink and a whistle back . |
| 18 | God you 'd die of shock . |
| 19 | More recently there have been letters and articles predicting a world population of 15 billion , but no account has been taken of the fact that between 10 and 25 per cent could die of AIDS in the next twenty years , as is already happening in parts of Africa . |
| 20 | A man could die of heat-stroke , standing around you … ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You could die of exposure . ’ |
| 22 | You would n't think men could die of br die of breast cancer , but they do because men have residual nipples and they do produce small amounts of oestrogen . |
| 23 | If you stayed still , you could die of cholera , chlorine gas , gangrene , typhoid or trench foot that soldiers stuck bayonets through to take away the pain . |
| 24 | If you have a child , OK , you know it may die of illness or accident — but is n't it different , if you know the whole world might be blown up and poisoned ? ’ |
| 25 | All the best people , it seemed , used to die of ‘ consumption ’ — as it was then called . |
| 26 | And large numbers of ordinary people as well used to die of TB . |
| 27 | I mean , children used to die of diseases which are stamped out now . |
| 28 | First , even if there were no intrinsic process of senescence , animals would die of accidents , and evolution would proceed . |
| 29 | Animals would die of cold and thirst , food supplies would soon run out and most of the human survivors would starve or freeze to death . |
| 30 | If Amanda Pennington ever heard about this he would die of shame . |