Example sentences of "not to [be] afraid [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One thing I must remember to teach you while you are working for me , Shelley , is not to be afraid to be beautiful . |
| 2 | If she could only persuade Isabel to come downstairs , other than for meals , to talk to her , to listen to the radio , not to be afraid of meeting the butcher or the postman or whatever visitor might call . |
| 3 | No hard and fast rules can be laid down , but the sooner you can help teenagers acquire the confidence to act responsibly and not to be afraid of peer pressure , the more freedom you can allow them . |
| 4 | With the help of others they have then learned to manage their feelings and not to be afraid of them . |
| 5 | Mister Tom had told him not to be afraid of the earth , but it was still wet from the previous night 's rain and occasionally he let out an involuntary squeal when his spade contacted a worm . |
| 6 | I have learned not to be afraid of fire . |
| 7 | Daniel stood at bay , steeling himself not to be afraid of her . |
| 8 | Ken added : ‘ Marty 's angle was not to be afraid of anti-feeling , because we 're making people laugh and in laughter we 're making a kind of sanity . |