Example sentences of "was afraid [prep] what [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hesitated , then went on in a small voice , ‘ I think I was afraid of what you could do to me . |
| 2 | But still , for week after week , she never dared see if she was right , because she was afraid of what she might find within . |
| 3 | He wanted to tell her the whole story then , but he was afraid of what she might think . |
| 4 | ‘ She was afraid of what he might do when she told him she was n't going to keep up the pretence any longer and everything she did in future was to be sold as her own work . ’ |
| 5 | The real reason was that she was afraid of what I might find out . |
| 6 | I told myself it was because you disgusted me , but really I was afraid of what I might do and say . |
| 7 | Yesterday , when I called at the house before the funeral I was afraid of what I would find . |