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‘A brother can be dead.’

[⟨det brother.n⟩ dead.a]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Seeking for you How foolish and heartbreaking to see even after he rudely said to her: searching for a missing brother that is most likely dead or refuses to know of her is an act of idiocy.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

She still had nightmares about finding her brother dead, even if they were few and far between.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

One brother, Ciaran, is adopted into a wealthy family and believes his brother is dead.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Although, biblically speaking, you are supposed to take on your dead brother’s wife.”
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In Wikipedia:

In any case, Gaumata bore a passing resemblance to the King’s dead brother, and with the King away at war, and increasingly unpopular at home, the stage was set for a coup.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

My brother is dead.
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In Wikipedia:

As the distance between Edmund and Maria grows, Maria finds herself drawn into Zach’s world when she learns that he is really Alexander Cambias Junior, the presumed dead brother of Pine Valley rapist Michael Cambias.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

His brother is dead, “Jared tells us, his voice strong with a deep sense of wanting us to understand this motivation he sees his character of Sam Winchester going through.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The building collapsed, but a teacher helped her escape from the debris and she returned home to find her grandmother and her younger brother dead.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Millions of thoughts invaded his mind, this was the moment that he had hoped for since he found out that his brother was dead.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Sleep, Little Angle Of Mine (Lullaby) (From the theatrical play “Dead brother’s song)
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

From Family Upset Dead Man Still Gets Child Support Bills (this website, 9 / 9 / 08): A Jacksonville man said although his brother has been dead for more than 10 years he is still receiving his child support bills from the state.
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In Wikipedia:

(e. g., Gregory, II, 33) This would imply that his brother Gundomar was already dead, though there are no specific mentions of the event in the sources.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It’s a memoir, not a textbook!) Cue the Twilight Zone music & remember I’m in Illinois because my brother is dead.
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In Wikipedia:

The novel provides a portrait of life in Knoxville, Tennessee, showing how such a loss affects the young widow, her two children, her atheistic father and the dead mans alcoholic brother.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Dominic told the detectives: I had a big brother but my big brother’s dead so he went to heaven.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Note his yin – yang (duality) black / white symbol (his dead brother symbolic’ ’ zombie philosopher’ ’ also has this) framed with a valis / zebra dress.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Because his brother & hellip; was dead.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

What if my brother’s already dead?
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Queried on 2013-05-21.