Example sentences of "afraid that [pers pn] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British had retreated so far from the position they had held at Chicago that Sir William Hildred and Sir Henry Self , in charge of the British delegation , were afraid that they would be overruled by the Air Ministry and BOAC . |
| 2 | Somewhere in the back of my mind I think maybe I was afraid that they would find you although I had heard from you by that time and knew you could not possibly be there at the bottom of Loch Craig . |
| 3 | The army authorities appear to have been afraid that they would intervene to prevent the arrest of the paramilitary officers and mounted a special operation by 43 Royal Marine Commando to arrest them also . |
| 4 | The sharpness of the terror he had felt during her illness had revealed to him just how much he loved her , and once she began to recover he had been afraid that they would never again be able to talk simply as friends . |
| 5 | Well firstly the bill did n't have that rough a passage in the House of Lords , because there are only two basic amendments , er that we 're dealing with in the House of Commons that matter , and one of them is the one you 've just mentioned , the answer to it is this , er I 've had a lot of criticisms of giving B R the untrammelled right to bid , er right from the outset their criticisms to do with the danger that you would n't get competition for the franchises the private sector would be afraid , and incidentally this is not a sell off it 's it 's a way of getting the private sector into British Rail with all the advantages that brings , they would be afraid that they would face subsidized and unfair competition , above all , perhaps , British Rail ge=management would feel if they were bidding against their employer that would be a real discouragement to bid , and we 've a lot of evidence er that they feel that and that there are many who do wish to bid in management/employee buy outs , so what we 've done in the amendment is we 've preserved the right for British Rail to bid , but we 've dealt with those criticisms and worries which have come from a lot of quarters not least from within British Rail itself . |
| 6 | For me a town was a mysterious , rather forbidding place and I was afraid that I would feel very much alone . |
| 7 | Although a notice inside clearly stated its capacity to carry three persons , he was secretly afraid that it would be inadequate to bear his vast bulk . |
| 8 | It is tempting to delve further into the subject ; but I am afraid that it would take me far outside my main theme , and so , reluctantly , we must leave matters there . |
| 9 | Gazzer had been afraid that she would say something like : ‘ Well , you need n't have bothered ! ’ or ‘ You and whose army ! ’ |
| 10 | When she had made the rounds of the many churches in Lynne , she was ‘ urged in her soul to go and visit certain places for ghostly health ’ , and her husband , either from kindness , or afraid that she would get into trouble , accompanied her . |
| 11 | " The sepoys are very quiet , " the Collector called to Harry conversationally to stop him weeping , because now Lucy was starting and he was afraid that she would spoil the powder by dropping tears into the flask . |
| 12 | Somehow she was afraid that she would discover things she was better not knowing . |
| 13 | ‘ I was so desperately afraid that you would turn out to be the sort of person who cares only about money and possessions . ’ |
| 14 | He started to be afraid that he would have to slow down , even to walk . |
| 15 | She was afraid that he would wake Peter if she talked to him in the hall . |
| 16 | They were afraid that he would be unhappy about their success , because he had wanted to be a writer himself . |
| 17 | He suddenly remembered that the Budmouth coast was famous for the number of swimmers drowned there every year , and he began to be afraid that he would soon be one of them . |
| 18 | She only managed to hail a taxi after fifteen minutes of running , and when she did she was almost afraid that he would not drive her because of her soaked condition , but , after a stream of highly ominous muttering in French , he finally let her in . |
| 19 | Folly felt a fresh wave of desire sweep through her , and was terribly afraid that he would see it too . |
| 20 | ‘ Afraid that he would do something … well , something like he did do last week . ’ |
| 21 | She was , however , very much afraid that he would be angry with her . |
| 22 | After the dozenth girl Killion began to be afraid that he would not recognize her ; but when she came out , even with a single dimmed-out light bulb behind her head , she was so much more than his memories of her . |
| 23 | He was watching Charles closely , as if afraid that he would not be believed , when he came to describe the meeting with Maureen O'Duffy and what she had told them during the drive down the mountain . |
| 24 | I was afraid that he would say what a pair |
| 25 | Fran 's pulse leapt and she stepped back at once , afraid that he would see the reaction his words evoked . |
| 26 | She turned away , making a great show of looking round the hallway , afraid that he would read what she was feeling from her expression . |