I was afraid something like this would happen.

Fadil feared for Layla's future.

Tom was afraid he might be laid off.

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

Oliver Sacks I was afraid you'd ask that.

Such was his courage that he feared nothing.

Everybody was afraid that something bad was gonna happen.

I was afraid that it might hurt her feelings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 .

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Reportedly, Prince Louis fell deeply in love but, because of what in those days was seen as her ignominious station in life, his father would not permit the marriage.

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

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.

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

Those who feared the word of Yahweh among the servants of Pharaoh made their servants and their livestock flee into the houses.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Darnley feared for his safety and after the baptism of his son at Stirling shortly before Christmas, he went to Glasgow to stay on his father's estates.

Russia feared the revolutionary implications of the May 3rd Constitution's political reforms and the prospect of the Commonwealth regaining its position as a European empire.

Esmeralda is also misjudged because she is a gypsy, the people of Paris believe she is evil but like Quasimodo, she is filled with love and kindness.

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.