Example sentences of "afraid [prep] [Wh det] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1	To gain that knowledge means we must not be afraid of what we may uncover within our nature in this process of self-analysis .
2	They rooted out those folk who were not … ordinary , and banished them from Minginish. people are afraid of what they can not understand . ’
3	" I 'm afraid of what she 'll do , " the man says when I was looking in through the window , and then the other woman goes up to him and starts loving him .
4	But still , for week after week , she never dared see if she was right , because she was afraid of what she might find within .
5	He wanted to tell her the whole story then , but he was afraid of what she might think .
6	Afraid of the occupant of that room , afraid of what he might find , yet , simultaneously , knowing exactly what he would find .
7	‘ 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 . ’
8	Yesterday , when I called at the house before the funeral I was afraid of what I would find .
9	The real reason was that she was afraid of what I might find out .
10	I strolled on ( binoculars always at the ready , afraid of what I might miss ) as far as the Wire Dump Heligoland trap .
11	I told myself it was because you disgusted me , but really I was afraid of what I might do and say .
12	You are afraid of what I will force you to see .
13	She hesitated , then went on in a small voice , ‘ I think I was afraid of what you could do to me .
14	‘ How right I was , ’ she whispered , ‘ to be afraid of what you could do to me . ’
15	Now she was perplexed and afraid ; perplexed because she did not understand what had happened , and afraid of what it might mean if she did .
16	She asked the question half fearfully , almost afraid at what she might be about to hear after the event of the previous day .

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