Example sentences of "be afraid [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had clearly been afraid they might be used against him after Samantha 's release . |
| 2 | At one time Robert had been afraid she would become too tall for the stage , but her height remained ideal at five foot six . |
| 3 | She found another bathroom , which was important , because the champagne was acting on her stomach just as she 'd been afraid it would . |
| 4 | I had been afraid he would come . |
| 5 | Now , when I read about Long John in Squire Trelawney 's letter , I had been afraid he might be the one-legged seaman that old Bill had talked about . |
| 6 | She 'd been afraid he might guess that ‘ Raff ’ was short for Raphael . |
| 7 | I wondered , with amusement , whether he had been afraid I might mind , might feel he was — what was the old-fashioned word ? — compromising me . |
| 8 | They too are afraid they too are momentary |
| 9 | Otherwise they are afraid we will kill one another . |
| 10 | Sarah Helen was buried there 76 years ago , but today the locals are afraid she is coming back to terrorise them . |
| 11 | Something has to break : you are afraid it is you |
| 12 | The Edinburgh Review ( Oct. 1807 ) was openly abusive : ‘ If the printing of such trash as this be not felt as an insult on the public taste , we are afraid it can not be insulted . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We are afraid you are taking upon yourself the creation of a tool that has an even greater potential for evil than for good . |
| 14 | Or as Dr Ed Wheat puts it in Love Life for Every Married Couple , ‘ If you are afraid to try it because you are afraid you will be hurt , consider this : the risk of pain is always the price of life . ’ |
| 15 | I am afraid we shall have to try and write some ourselves . ’ |
| 16 | I am afraid we shall want matter of Molly Leaper 's works to make out the bulk of the new volume . |
| 17 | ‘ I am afraid we shall not see your cousins when we disembark , Ruth , ’ Mrs Carson said . |
| 18 | One day , in desperation , Lewis said to Tolkien : ‘ Tollers , there is too little of what we really like in stories : I am afraid we shall have to write some ourselves . ’ |
| 19 | However , I am afraid we got nowhere with the salvage of crashed aircraft problem because of the legal problems of encroaching upon the law of the sea . |
| 20 | I am afraid we will be slaughtered and embarrassed . |
| 21 | I am afraid we could not agree over certain … artistic matters . |
| 22 | The hotel has facilities for small dogs at a charge of 90p per day , but I am afraid they are not allowed in the public rooms . |
| 23 | I am afraid they 're going to kill me , and you too . |
| 24 | ‘ I am afraid they are no longer appropriate , Mrs Copley . |
| 25 | ‘ I am afraid you have lost my wife 's vote , ’ he said . |
| 26 | I am afraid you have been misinformed . |
| 27 | ‘ I am afraid you will have to spend the night in the men 's guardroom . |
| 28 | ‘ Either I have your word on It or I am afraid you can no longer remain in my employ . |
| 29 | I am afraid you have missed the last serving of supper . ’ |
| 30 | A I am afraid you must be strong as regards starving your Oscars out . |