Example sentences of "'d been afraid " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first , when I did , I thought it was purely a physical dependence I 'd been afraid of , because I was so slow to understand . |
| 2 | To tell him the truth — that she 'd been afraid of the depth of her own feelings — would be far too revealing . |
| 3 | He 'd been afraid in the rain blurring the windscreen that she 'd have called off , he had n't known her all that long . |
| 4 | She found another bathroom , which was important , because the champagne was acting on her stomach just as she 'd been afraid it would . |
| 5 | She 'd been afraid he might guess that ‘ Raff ’ was short for Raphael . |