Example sentences of "be afraid i [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 I wondered , with amusement , whether he had been afraid I might mind , might feel he was — what was the old-fashioned word ? — compromising me .
2 ‘ Nevertheless I am afraid I must insist on seeing him , Miss Varna . ’
3 Item No 2 : I am afraid I can be of no help , though I doubt if it is a weight .
4 I am afraid I can not bear just yet to go back to Baldersdale .
5 ‘ I am afraid I can not say any more .
6 ‘ I am afraid I can not comment at all , ’ said Sir Donald Hall , deputy chairman of GEC-Marconi .
7 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 !
8 ‘ But if you 're afraid I 'll lose my head once we 're alone together , by all means bring a chaperon . ’
9 You 're afraid I 'll go to my father and tell him — ’ She broke off , staring .
10 Once up in her room , he said , ‘ I 'm afraid I may not be able to come again until next Friday .
11 I 'm afraid I may fall into some wicked trap .
12 ‘ I 'm afraid I may not be what you are looking for .
13 Given a thriller and a classic play , I 'm afraid I 'll watch the thriller . ’
14 ‘ I 'm afraid I 'll be at work . ’
15 ‘ I 'm afraid I 'll have to leave you now in Orson 's very capable hands .
16 No I 'll have to I 'll I 'll I 'm afraid I 'll have to withdraw that that that comment .
17 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 .
18 I 'm afraid I 'll have to leave you to your own devices for a while . ’
19 Finally he said , ‘ No , I 'm afraid I would n't be able to .
20 It 's that I 'm afraid I would disappoint you .
21 ‘ 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 . ’
22 I 'm afraid I shall be very much tied up for the rest of today .
23 ‘ Maybe , but I 'm afraid I shall have to pass on that offer of coffee .
24 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 .
25 Michael 's 61-year-old widowed mother , Iris , said as another daughter , Heather , comforted her : ‘ I 'm afraid I might never see him again . ’
26 ‘ I 'm afraid I might behave in a rather cowardly fashion .
27 ‘ I would like to , I think — but I 'm afraid I might be like that — I think I would want to be like that .
28 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 .
29 I 'm afraid I wo n't see Liza 's little girl .
30 ‘ I 'm afraid I wo n't be around next week . ’
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