Collocations for shy - adj.

be, feel, look, seem, sound
Please don''t be shy - I won''t eat you!

become, get, go, grow

desperately, excessively, extremely, painfully, terribly, very
As a teenager I was painfully shy.

all
She went all shy and hid behind her mother.

almost | a bit, fairly, a little, quite, rather, slightly, somewhat | naturally
He is a naturally shy, retiring man.

chronically

of
I was a bit shy of them at first.

with
You don''t have to be shy with me, you know.