Example sentences of "[pers pn] [am/are] afraid [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am afraid time is running out . |
| 2 | I am afraid Nader 's wife and child have been kidnapped in England . ’ |
| 3 | To the question could we see her Daddy , she replied ‘ I am afraid Daddy is not home yet , Mummy is here , but I think you should see Nanny , she is looking after us . |
| 4 | I 'm afraid sex ratio theory is complicated , but you 'll have to take it from me that Fisher solved the problem by showing that it would never be an individual self-interest . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm afraid water is all we have , ’ she muttered , clutching at the first diversion that occurred to her . |
| 6 | ‘ We 're all pretty short of that , I 'm afraid sir , but I 'll see what I can do . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm afraid sir , I have no knowledge , I have n't certainly myself spoken to anybody with regard to that , I would of thought the normal procedure would be for him to be committed to Preston Crown Court and for the Crown Courts thereafter to sort out the final venue . |
| 8 | er I 'm afraid Chairman we do n't have the final account here |
| 9 | I 'm afraid space is at a premium in this part of the world . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm afraid prevention is more important than physical heroics . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm afraid sherry is all I have , ’ she apologised . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm afraid Trau Bannen is right , Bernice . ’ |
| 13 | I 'm afraid curiosity got the better of me and now I have broken your mood . |
| 14 | Then our mother died , and I 'm afraid Father was n't very good with Hubert . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm afraid coaching is all he can do these days . |
| 16 | ‘ She 's very possessive , and I 'm afraid Suzie 's not mature enough to be able to understand or cope with the situation . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , I 'm afraid Nader has been a bit of a dark horse in that respect . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm afraid Guy 's not here right now , ’ Virginia began as evenly as she could , painfully conscious of the debauched image her tousled appearance must present . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm afraid Mummy 's under sed — She 's had a big Aspirin to help her relax . |
| 20 | I ca n't manage any more I 'm afraid mummy . |
| 21 | Erm I 'm afraid dinner 's gon na be a little later than I anticipated cos that chicken is quite big is n't it ? |
| 22 | And er he stretched his arms and he said Ooh he said my tired 's come and I said , er er , Ee ee Yes I 'm afraid mine 's come as well , my tired 's come . |
| 23 | But I think this is , I think that I know it w it was the arguments that went on when we were on about going dividend stamps was very interesting , I quite enjoyed them and you can you know , definitely what came out was that erm it was a bad thing because erm people , er maybe it 's good if these stamps are going to the Co-op er going to the hospitals I 'm all for it , but I 'm afraid mine I keep them to for myself and erm er I get so few these days now my Co-op 's gone but erm you know usually I go and get a bag of er , box of teabags with mine , you know and er so I use my stamps now erm . |
| 24 | I 'm afraid mine 's a cross between a library and a curiosity shop . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm afraid fame is not like that , ’ he said . |