Example sentences of "i am afraid [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hotel has facilities for small dogs at a charge of 90p per day , but I am afraid they are not allowed in the public rooms . |
| 2 | I am afraid they 're going to kill me , and you too . |
| 3 | ‘ I am afraid they are no longer appropriate , Mrs Copley . |
| 4 | I am afraid we shall have to try and write some ourselves . ’ |
| 5 | I am afraid we shall want matter of Molly Leaper 's works to make out the bulk of the new volume . |
| 6 | ‘ I am afraid we shall not see your cousins when we disembark , Ruth , ’ Mrs Carson said . |
| 7 | One day , in desperation , Lewis said to Tolkien : ‘ Tollers , there is too little of what we really like in stories : I am afraid we shall have to write some ourselves . ’ |
| 8 | However , I am afraid we got nowhere with the salvage of crashed aircraft problem because of the legal problems of encroaching upon the law of the sea . |
| 9 | I am afraid we will be slaughtered and embarrassed . |
| 10 | I am afraid we could not agree over certain … artistic matters . |
| 11 | ‘ I am afraid I took pains to look out at the other side so as not to see him , ’ she had said . |
| 12 | I am afraid I believe a caution would have come a great deal more quickly . |
| 13 | I am afraid I am cynical enough to believe this is just another round of a giant game of poker , where the only thing that will matter in the end will be the size of the cheque . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , no , thank you , but I am afraid I have to hurry home . ’ |
| 15 | I am afraid I was not born to obey ! |
| 16 | I am afraid I never understood until I saw Hickson 's letter to Wash that even in Bedfordshire the Extra-Mural Board had become the recognised body under Chapter III . |
| 17 | ‘ I am afraid I do n't understand , ’ George Dougal sounded puzzled . |
| 18 | I am afraid I did not pause to read my mother 's letter , but tore open the enclosure with spastic fingers . |
| 19 | ‘ I am afraid I do not understand , sir , ’ Morton said , straight-faced . |
| 20 | ‘ I am afraid I am not quite clear what you are saying . |
| 21 | The evening before last I watched your father proceeding very slowly towards the dining room with his tray , and I am afraid I observed clearly a large drop on the end of his nose dangling over the soup bowls . |
| 22 | ‘ Nevertheless I am afraid I must insist on seeing him , Miss Varna . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I am afraid I do expect it , Paula , in this case . ’ |
| 24 | I am afraid I personally see not much of a guide towards , say , the brilliant Cape Fear . |
| 25 | I am afraid I do n't keep brandy . ’ |
| 26 | Then , very stiffly , ‘ I am afraid I offended you . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I am afraid I 've kept you too long and tired you . |
| 28 | I am afraid I could only manage part of the meal and I cut out the second and third courses completely , and only had gravy and vegetables for the third , but most people at my table went right through the menu ! |
| 29 | Although , when he had got it off his chest , he confessed that ‘ I am afraid I have been rather carried away ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ I am afraid I have come to the conclusion , reluctantly , that the different people and races of the world were never intended to meet . |