Example sentences of "[pron] be frightened of him " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could feel the strong beat of his heart , the warmth of his body , smell the masculine scent of him , and still she was not frightened , for this was Dr Neil , was it not , and why should she be frightened of him ? |
| 2 | If she 's frightened of him , angry with you for not protecting her . |
| 3 | ‘ If she was frightened of him ? ’ |
| 4 | She was frightened of him . |
| 5 | Later she told me she was frightened of him . ’ |
| 6 | The woman went on to say that the social worker had written down what her husband had told her to because she was frightened of him , and because she was a young nit-wit from college no more capable of understanding the wily ways of men like her husband than she could fly . |
| 7 | And now she was frightened of him — Dr Neil , who was so kind and good , and had already been so badly damaged by life … |
| 8 | Paula said the reason she would not go back was she was frightened of him because he used to beat her . |
| 9 | Paula said the reason she would not go back Turn to Page 10 From Page 1 was she was frightened of him because he used to beat her . |
| 10 | ‘ In the first year we were frightened of him , in the second year we got used to him , and in the third year we really liked him . ’ |
| 11 | He would have bullied the children if he had thought they were frightened of him . |
| 12 | Michael was like the local Mafia , everyone was frightened of him . |