Example sentences of "[am/are] afraid i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nevertheless I am afraid I must insist on seeing him , Miss Varna . ’ |
| 2 | Item No 2 : I am afraid I can be of no help , though I doubt if it is a weight . |
| 3 | I am afraid I can not bear just yet to go back to Baldersdale . |
| 4 | ‘ I am afraid I can not say any more . |
| 5 | ‘ I am afraid I can not comment at all , ’ said Sir Donald Hall , deputy chairman of GEC-Marconi . |
| 6 | 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 ! |
| 7 | ‘ But if you 're afraid I 'll lose my head once we 're alone together , by all means bring a chaperon . ’ |
| 8 | You 're afraid I 'll go to my father and tell him — ’ She broke off , staring . |
| 9 | Once up in her room , he said , ‘ I 'm afraid I may not be able to come again until next Friday . |
| 10 | I 'm afraid I may fall into some wicked trap . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm afraid I may not be what you are looking for . |
| 12 | Given a thriller and a classic play , I 'm afraid I 'll watch the thriller . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 'll be at work . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 'll have to leave you now in Orson 's very capable hands . |
| 15 | No I 'll have to I 'll I 'll I 'm afraid I 'll have to withdraw that that that comment . |
| 16 | If they beat the scousers tonight , I 'm afraid I 'll concede the title to the B******s especially with the boost such a victory would give them . |
| 17 | I 'm afraid I 'll have to leave you to your own devices for a while . ’ |
| 18 | Finally he said , ‘ No , I 'm afraid I would n't be able to . |
| 19 | It 's that I 'm afraid I would disappoint you . |
| 20 | ‘ I shall want to know all about you , and each time you fail to answer , I 'm afraid I shall have to use my little persuader . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm afraid I shall be very much tied up for the rest of today . |
| 22 | ‘ Maybe , but I 'm afraid I shall have to pass on that offer of coffee . |
| 23 | I have to go to a cocktail party at the Library Association this evening , ’ he went on , ‘ so I 'm afraid I sha n't be able to be the ministering angel . |
| 24 | Michael 's 61-year-old widowed mother , Iris , said as another daughter , Heather , comforted her : ‘ I 'm afraid I might never see him again . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm afraid I might behave in a rather cowardly fashion . |
| 26 | ‘ I would like to , I think — but I 'm afraid I might be like that — I think I would want to be like that . |
| 27 | I 'm afraid I wo n't be able to make it back to Greylaw this weekend because I have promised to go out with the cousin of a friend . |
| 28 | I 'm afraid I wo n't see Liza 's little girl . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm afraid I wo n't be around next week . ’ |
| 30 | But I do have to say that if you take the time off in the middle of term , I 'm afraid I wo n't be able to guarantee your post when you return to us . ’ |