"shy of him" is a grammatically correct phrase that can be used in written English.
It means to be hesitant or timid in the presence of someone. Example: She always felt shy of him at work because of his intimidating presence and sharp wit.
This difficulty did not appear to discourage the children in the least, or to make even the youngest ones shy of him.
Ask about her shyness and she'll point to her portrait of Lucian Freud – "extremely nice, I was shy of him, and I think he was shy of me".
I was too shy of him ever to know him well, but he transformed my life, made my early years as a mother relaxed and happy and secure.
He faces a fresh challenge from a Dominican-born state senator, Adriano Espaillat who came only 1,100 votes shy of defeating him in a primary in 2012.
He said that Stottlemyre, who has coached him for 11 seasons with the Mets and Yankees, is someone he has tried to emulate, and he stopped just shy of calling him a second father.
In the Twitter messages, Ms Phillips said: "Would Labour be supportive of an alternative Green Leader to JK?" Mr Morgan responded: "Surely it is up to the Green group - as the largest on the council - to make that decision?" Ms Phillips replied: "Yes but we are 2 ppl [sic] shy of ousting him & so require your help".
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Boris, all 20 shy pounds of him, spent his first weeks cowering beneath the sheets, Mr. Sargent said.
Ilka said, "Because Jimmy's death is making him shy of me.
He has said that he always loved organizing games of playacting with friends — his specialty to this day — and that he was aware early on of being gay, but that news of the AIDS epidemic made him shy of sex.
Yes, reform of the tax credit system is badly needed (although Clegg shied away from this subject on Monday as well – I hope the disgraceful treatment he received at prime minister's question time when raising the subject has not made him shy of mentioning this in future).
