Example sentences of "are afraid [verb] out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is here that psychoanalysis has had its most popular appeal , seeming to explain why some obsessionals continually need to wash their hands , or why some children are desperately afraid of horses or dogs , or why some people are afraid to go out of the house . |
| 2 | It 's becoming sort of fairly topical erm where there , and it is , more perhaps related to the fear of crime than the actual crime itself , where , people are afraid to go out for fear that they 're going to be personally attacked , whether it be you know , answering the door at night in their own homes , or actually , you know , going to their cars . |
| 3 | The television , for many old people who are afraid to go out at night , an important link with the outside world and the sources of ent entertainment . |
| 4 | ‘ People on the estate are afraid to go out in the dark and even too afraid to open their doors . ’ |
| 5 | So many houses have been burgled here and old people are afraid to come out at night . |