Example sentences of "want [prep] [be] alone " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Margaret Thatcher shows that she is from the Greta Garbo school of diplomacy : ‘ I want to be alone . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I want to be alone . ’ |
| 3 | After a pause they thought would never end they heard , ‘ I want to be alone , ’ clear as a single bell note , free of all self-assertiveness . |
| 4 | Strained — ‘ want to be alone ’ |
| 5 | A massive 81% of all men said they ‘ want to be alone ’ when shopping for ties . |
| 6 | We just want to be alone |
| 7 | I want to be alone with you ! ’ |
| 8 | I want to be alone with you , Harry . ’ |
| 9 | I want to be alone , ’ he said miserably , and as his friends left , he covered his face with his hands . |
| 10 | And I want to be alone . ’ |
| 11 | I just want to be alone , so if you do n't mind … ’ |
| 12 | The YPLL panel study asked young people : Where do you go and what do you do if you just want to be alone to think ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Because I want to be alone . ’ |
| 14 | I want to be alone with you — it will be the last time for several days . ’ |
| 15 | I 've a fancy these two young people want to be alone . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You mean you want to be alone with me as much as I want to be alone with you ? ’ he enquired . |
| 17 | ‘ You mean you want to be alone with me as much as I want to be alone with you ? ’ he enquired . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't want coffee , I want to be alone — savvy ? |
| 19 | ‘ She just wants to be alone with her boys to try to forget the separation traumas . |
| 20 | ‘ The poor fellow wants to be alone , ’ Benjamin murmured . |
| 21 | He wants to be alone . |
| 22 | THEY say every picture tells a story … and these pictures show a woman who just wants to be alone . |
| 23 | The distinction is not clean and complete , partly because the umbrella has some social significance and is not customary everywhere , partly because some behaviour , like avoiding other people when wanting to be alone , takes account of the behaviour of others without exactly being social . |
| 24 | He turned on his heel , and she stumbled after him , not wanting to be alone in the eerie garden where even the birds had been subdued by the fog . |
| 25 | I was not even wanting to be alone . |
| 26 | It was a typical loner 's situation — the depressive who , though wanting to be alone , worried about having no one around and was so grateful to feel wanted . |
| 27 | Of course he does n't really want to be alone . |
| 28 | Even after that , they still seemed to be completely bewildered , and kept repeating , ‘ But you do n't really want to be alone , do you ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Perhaps they do n't want to be alone . ’ |
| 30 | I thought he might want to be alone . ’ |