Example sentences of "alone or [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You may ask about his daily routine when abroad ; he attends matins at church and priestly services either alone or with a small following , and worships so devoutly that he has set an example to all Italians of the honour and reverence that should be paid to bishops and clergy . |
| 2 | Within this oldest group , those living alone or with a spouse alone were considerably less likely to be severely disabled than those living with younger kin or with other elderly people . |
| 3 | Whether you play alone or with a friend , stay alert ! … |
| 4 | One should visit Italy for the first time either alone or with a lover , she decided . |
| 5 | They could work privately , alone or with a partner , and could employ members of their own family , but not " wage earners " . |
| 6 | In 1991 , it claimed to be the biggest supplier of Unix kit to the government , working either alone or as a member of a consortium . |
| 7 | Shall we be alone or in a crowd ? |
| 8 | One might imagine , perhaps wrongly , that there would have been few craftsmen who either alone or in a group would at any one time have been capable of producing such an item because of the variety of skills required in its production . |
| 9 | Subrules 1a and 1b specify that in monomorphemic monosyllables ( o ) will be realized as a raised and lengthened variant before a voiceless fricative occurring either alone or in a cluster ; alternatively , it will be raised and lengthened before any voiced consonant either alone or in a cluster . |
| 10 | Subrules 1a and 1b specify that in monomorphemic monosyllables ( o ) will be realized as a raised and lengthened variant before a voiceless fricative occurring either alone or in a cluster ; alternatively , it will be raised and lengthened before any voiced consonant either alone or in a cluster . |
| 11 | The latter finding arose from an observation by Brown and his colleagues ( 1966 ) that patients discharged to live alone or in a hostel often fared rather better than those who went to live with a spouse or parent . |