Oliver Sacks I was afraid you'd ask that.

I was afraid that it might hurt her feelings.

I was frightened of her. I felt like a child.

I was afraid something like this would happen.

' And I don't think he felt he had that yet ... My problem was that I feared a slippery slope.

Tom was afraid he might be laid off.

Such was his courage that he feared nothing.

Everybody was afraid that something bad was gonna happen.

I feared he'd go and take his silences with him, and take his secrets with him.

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She was afraid the letter might fall into the wrong hands.

Fadil feared for Layla's future.

Personality Kafka feared that people would find him mentally and physically repulsive.

In fact, it is rumoured that Okita feared his swordskill.

When I asked her if she feared anything, or whether she would miss anything from Mathare, she said, What would I fear that I haven't confronted already?

Nonetheless, Francis greatly admired his uncle, if rather feared him.

The first day left him disappointed The subject that I feared most, blog monetization, was the dominating topic in the first day and the place did not make it possible the type of conversations that I expected from a meeting like this .

Her mother resisted sending McClintock to college, for fear that she would be unmarriageable.

According to Plutarch, Alcibiades feared and reverenced Socrates alone, and despised the rest of his lovers .

By the end of the book, Dumbledore and Harry set out to the cave where Dumbledore believes a Horcrux resides.

There was also fear that the blankets might block the infrared vertical sensor, which oriented the module for reentry.

He feared the aristocracy and believed they might turn against him if he abolished serfdom.

When his cook died mysteriously, he feared that someone would poison him, and began hoarding food in his room.

Newton had been reluctant to publish his calculus because he feared controversy and criticism.

According to information published by Carta Capital magazine , during private depositions Malhães had testified that he feared for his life.

In the film, she acts as the main antagonist to the hero Perseus for the mistreatment of her son Calibos.

By 1997 she had become very weak, was speaking and eating very little, and it was feared she would die.

Charles's army did not engage the Covenanters as the king feared the defeat of his forces, whom he believed to be significantly outnumbered by the Scots.

Jones also wanted to change the track's title to Not My Lover , as he believed that people would think the song referred to the tennis player Billie Jean King.

Well, we seem to have dodged the deadly pandemic this year that most of us feared, but this threat could reappear at any time.

Early Muslim armies stayed in encampments away from cities because Umar feared that they might get attracted to wealth and luxury.

Augustine was afraid though that if someone did not step into the office immediately, it would damage the missionary efforts in Britain.

The USSR argued that the Convention's definition should follow the etymology of the term, and may have feared greater international scrutiny of its own Great Purge.

Edward was lauded as Peacemaker , but had been afraid that his nephew, the German Emperor Wilhelm II, would tip Europe into war.

He also feared that he might be poisoned, so the Mother of the King assumed supervision of the Royal Kitchen.

Oppenheimer feared that the high cliffs surrounding the site would make his people feel claustrophobic, while the engineers were concerned with the possibility of flooding.

The gifts and diplomatic efforts of Geiseric, who opposed and feared the Visigoths, may also have influenced Attila's plans.

Joni Mitchell was originally slated to perform, but canceled at the urging of her manager to avoid missing a scheduled appearance on The Dick Cavett Show .

Lady de Clifford feared the Prince Regent's rage should they be found out, but Princess Caroline was delighted by her daughter's passion.

Noda feared that Ishihara, who was well known for nationalist grandstanding, would try to occupy the islands or find other ways to use them to provoke China.

In Slavic and Chinese traditions, any corpse that was jumped over by an animal, particularly a dog or a cat, was feared to become one of the undead.

Privately, he feared opposition from the other German princes and military intervention from Austria or Russia.

Bergman refused to host Kafka because he had young children and was afraid that Kafka would infect them with tuberculosis.

The former favored merging with the UAR, while the latter feared the new country as a satellite of Communism.

Walpole and his Whig Party were dominant in politics, as the king feared that the Tories would not support the succession laid down in the Act of Settlement.