Example sentences of "[pron] be afraid [pers pn] 've " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am afraid I 've kept you too long and tired you . |
| 2 | ‘ I know you wanted to speak to Rhoda Brocklebank but I am afraid I 've jumped the gun . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm afraid we 've gone a bit too soft , ’ she says with almost Blimpish fervour . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm afraid we 've gone a bit too soft , ’ she says with almost Blimpish fervour . |
| 5 | She turned from the counter and glanced through some boxes , then said , ‘ I 'm afraid we 've only got fifty of the large size , sir . |
| 6 | Shopkeeper — I 'm afraid we 've none left . |
| 7 | I 'm afraid we 've nicked the comfy seats . |
| 8 | No , I 'm afraid we 've got to go on carrying him . |
| 9 | ‘ Mr Dexter , I 'm afraid we 've had a bit of a problem out here … ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm afraid we 've neither of us much choice . |
| 11 | What I am trying to do is to , is to question the wisdom of introducing more rules and regulations and every time I try and raise this issue , whether it be in standing committee or on the floor of the house , quite understandably the chairman or the speaker , deputy speaker in your case , raises the point that in fact I 'm going outside the rules and regulations and the result is you can never challenge the whole principle because every time one tries to challenge it one gets up and that 's the disease I 'm afraid we 've now er facing in this country . |
| 12 | We 've we 've already had I 'm afraid we 've already had the and er . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm afraid we 've had to reassign you . ’ |
| 14 | Well there used to be just me but then they 've employed another one and we were so fed up with being on nights that we said look , I 'm afraid we 've had enough of this , you know so she I said to her how about you allocate us each to a ward you see |
| 15 | I 'm afraid they 've got it right . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm afraid they 've got to be |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm afraid you 've got it wrong , darling , ’ said Everthorpe , struggling to retain his poise . |
| 18 | Dear me , I 'm afraid you 've scratched yourself and made yourself very dirty rescuing him . ’ |
| 19 | They 've never been reviewed in ZZAP ! , though , so unless they slipped out under assumed names I 'm afraid you 've had it . |
| 20 | I 'm afraid you 've heard it before , but listen anyway . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm afraid you 've been churlish . |
| 22 | As for the hesitating narrator — look , I 'm afraid you 've run into one right now . |
| 23 | ‘ The Battle of Britain did n't last long , but I 'm afraid you 've got about another five years of war , Johnny . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm afraid you 've missed Arthur . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm afraid you 've had a wasted trip , Ms Bishopric . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm afraid you 've had a wasted trip , ’ Veronica said . |
| 27 | I 'm afraid you 've stolen all my thunder , erm you 've said everything that I wanted to say . |
| 28 | She had cancer and it was cured and they , you know , they said , well were pretty certain that your clear but I 'm afraid you 've got to wait five years , four years and six months after they said that , it hit her again and she died . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 've gone on a bit , My Lord Chairman , ’ he said apologetically . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm sorry sir , but I 'm afraid I 've scratched your car a bit ! ’ |