Example sentences of "afraid [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're afraid I 'll go to my father and tell him — ’ She broke off , staring . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm afraid I might behave in a rather cowardly fashion . |
| 3 | Heart filled with pathos , I slipped through one of the windows , and stepped gingerly around the saplings and splintered tiles , afraid I might crash into the cellar . |
| 4 | I 'm afraid I may fall into some wicked trap . |
| 5 | Otherwise I was afraid I would fall into the old trap of pitying him . |
| 6 | ‘ Nevertheless I am afraid I must insist on seeing him , Miss Varna . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm contracted to tutor you for so many hours a day , and I 'm afraid I must insist on fulfilling my contract . ’ |
| 8 | But , if a test on a chimpanzee would save my child 's life I 'm afraid I 'd go for the test on the chimpanzee . |
| 9 | When it slammed behind him she let out a long , shaky breath and felt blindly for a chair , afraid she 'd collapse without some means of support . |
| 10 | They were afraid you might think from the way we said it that they were behind . |
| 11 | But I was afraid you might feel like that . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm afraid you 'll have to be content with just knowing my room number ! ’ she snapped . |
| 13 | I was afraid you could run into our fire if you got too far up on the slope . ’ |
| 14 | I was afraid you 'd get to the slope too soon . |
| 15 | As for your request — I 'm afraid you can forget about it . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd like to discuss this further with you , but I 'm afraid we must leave for the hospital now , ’ he told her smoothly , his lips twitching with amusement at her trembling rage and fury . |
| 17 | Tightening her lips as though afraid they might widen against her will , she then found she could n't bear the ensuing silence . |
| 18 | Afraid they would come after me , that Harry would be punished on my account ; that worse might befall Daisy and I not there to help … |
| 19 | But I was afraid they would shoot at me again , and anyway I was grateful for their kindness in giving me food and drink , so I did not move . |
| 20 | In prehistoric times , if people made the horse feel anxious or afraid it would run like mad until it had seen the last of them : it fled from the problem , which reduced his fear and anxiety . |
| 21 | Samuel Hitching stated that he examined the Coffin carefully and that it had two canvas patches on where there were decayed places in the Wood — he also measured the thickness of the Board and they were only 5/8 of an inch at top and ½ an inch thick at the bottom — the lid was also warped that they could not screw it down properly-One of the bearers also stated that he was afraid it would fall in pieces before they got to the Church with it . |
| 22 | ‘ I am afraid it would have to be Captain Owen , ’ he said . |
| 23 | I 'm afraid it would have to be sticking out . |
| 24 | She turned her head away , afraid it might show on her face . |
| 25 | I was afraid it might rain for Christmas . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm afraid it will have to be . ’ |