Some officers had died for want of a morsel of bread.—Macaulay.
"Die by." (material cause, instrument).
If I meet with any of 'em, they shall die by this hand. —Thackeray.
He must purge himself to the satisfaction of a vigilant tribunal or die by fire.—Macaulay.
He died by suicide before he completed his eighteenth year.—Shaw.
464. Illustrations of "expect of," "expect from:"—
"Expect of."
What do I expect of Dublin?—Punch.
That is more than I expected of you.—Scott.
Of Doctor P. nothing better was to be expected.—Poe.