Example sentences of "afraid [pron] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm afraid someone 's now out there blackmailing these poor guys , ’ said Barrows . |
| 2 | ‘ Aah 'm afraid 'e 's badly , lass , ’ Annie answered sadly . ’ |
| 3 | I 'm afraid she 's still adamant . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm afraid she 's not allowed any other visitors . ’ |
| 5 | She says , I 'm afraid she 's dead . |
| 6 | I 'm afraid she 's never learned to stand on her own feet . |
| 7 | I 'm afraid she 's just a name to me . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm afraid she 's not here any more . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm afraid she 's out at the moment , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Well I 'm afraid she 's . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm afraid everything 's not as I would like it to be here — you know , of course that we 've been without a Marshal for two months now — not that I ca n't cope after twenty years service in this village , but even so — ’ |
| 12 | ‘ At least we can watch the fancy-dress parade , even if you ca n't take part in it — and I 'm afraid there 's no chance of that now . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm afraid there 's no real doubt about it , ’ said Epitot . |
| 14 | I 'm afraid there 's no sherry in it . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm afraid there 's nobody here who can … ’ |
| 16 | I 'm afraid there 's none of that — transport , I mean — except Archie McLaren 's Land-Rover , the one that carries you from the harbour . |
| 17 | ‘ But I 'm afraid there 's no helping that . ’ |
| 18 | In spite of your excellent state of preservation , Valerie Cass , I 'm afraid there 's something about you that does n't appeal to me . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm afraid there 's no way I can possibly pay it at the moment . ’ |
| 20 | so anyway he went right on until the Saturday and he said look , on the Friday they called us in and they said look we 're gon na take him to the ward I 'm afraid there 's nothing else we can do , just deteriorating and he said there 's no |
| 21 | Ah , afraid there 's no answer to that , er |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's going to have to come out , Colonel Feather , ’ she said gently . |
| 23 | I 'm afraid it 's a good deal classier than the tumble-down old Pullmans I 've found for the rest of you . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's rather a delicate matter . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's a non-starter , Brian , ’ said Wilcox . |
| 26 | He found The Rake 's Progress ‘ perspicacious , witty in spite of its stark drama , and thorough as regards research into the period ’ , but he added that ‘ I 'm afraid it 's not half what it 's cracked up to be . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm terribly afraid it 's going to come down in the marshland . |
| 28 | ‘ Unless we can think of something really clever , I 'm afraid it 's about all we can do . |
| 29 | ‘ Exactly , but I 'm afraid it 's on a need to know basis . |
| 30 | Another , a business woman , often under considerable pressure , managed to come to an arrangement with her voluble but good-humoured mother , that she could terminate any of their telephone conversations speedily if necessary , without giving offence , simply by saying , ‘ Well , I 'm afraid it 's all action stations here now , so I 'll have to say goodbye ’ ; and it worked remarkably well . |