Example sentences of "'m afraid i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once up in her room , he said , ‘ I 'm afraid I may not be able to come again until next Friday . |
| 2 | I 'm afraid I may fall into some wicked trap . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm afraid I may not be what you are looking for . |
| 4 | Given a thriller and a classic play , I 'm afraid I 'll watch the thriller . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 'll be at work . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 'll have to leave you now in Orson 's very capable hands . |
| 7 | No I 'll have to I 'll I 'll I 'm afraid I 'll have to withdraw that that that comment . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I 'm afraid I 'll have to leave you to your own devices for a while . ’ |
| 10 | Finally he said , ‘ No , I 'm afraid I would n't be able to . |
| 11 | It 's that I 'm afraid I would disappoint you . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 13 | I 'm afraid I shall be very much tied up for the rest of today . |
| 14 | ‘ Maybe , but I 'm afraid I shall have to pass on that offer of coffee . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Michael 's 61-year-old widowed mother , Iris , said as another daughter , Heather , comforted her : ‘ I 'm afraid I might never see him again . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm afraid I might behave in a rather cowardly fashion . |
| 18 | ‘ I would like to , I think — but I 'm afraid I might be like that — I think I would want to be like that . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I 'm afraid I wo n't see Liza 's little girl . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm afraid I wo n't be around next week . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | No , I , I gather he has taken a long weekend , I do n't know where he 's whisked himself off to , but I 'm afraid I wo n't be here , er next week , I do n't know , quite know who will be , but er , Dominic 's taking er , a well needed rest . |
| 24 | ‘ We received information , I 'm afraid I ca n't tell you how at present , that Zambia is , in fact , in hiding at Acropolis Park . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm afraid I ca n't subscribe to the theory that man should always be ‘ bloody , bold and resolute ’ ; but rather , I confess , that it 's very comforting to lean on you sometimes … more especially as I 've a funny instinct that if I follow your ways I ca n't go wrong , whereas my own existence is apt to be hardening , as you can see that it must be . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm afraid I ca n't let you have Caroline 's actual document , Robina . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm afraid I ca n't allow such a mistake to go unpunished . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm afraid I ca n't see beyond Midsummer Day . |
| 29 | ‘ No — but I 'm afraid I ca n't speak for the future . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm afraid I ca n't begin to say . ’ |