Example sentences of "be [vb pp] alone [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm the one who 'll be left alone on the stage . |
| 2 | To be left alone on a chain is heartbreaking , literally . |
| 3 | That way , he would be left alone without worrying why no one was asking him for an autograph . |
| 4 | At all events , she should not be left alone to be just herself . |
| 5 | If the patient is safe sitting up , he should be left alone for privacy while he is passing urine or faeces , and he should have a bell to summon help , or perhaps a stick with which to knock on the wall or floor . |
| 6 | But she had so wanted to be left alone for a while . |
| 7 | Can the person be left alone for a week , a day or two hours ( Isaacs and Neville , 1976 ) ? |
| 8 | He said it was not usual for patients to be left alone for long periods of time and organisation on the ward involved was usually very good . |
| 9 | Asked to be left alone with the glass for a while . |
| 10 | For the first time in his life Brian did not want to be left alone with Celia . |
| 11 | He 's the boy no burglar ought to be left alone with . |
| 12 | Under no circumstances should a young child be left alone with any dog , since there is inevitably a risk of conflict . |
| 13 | I do n't know that I 'd want to be left alone with her for any length of time . " |
| 14 | " You know , I once told Laura that I would n't like to be left alone with you for any length of time . " |
| 15 | His gaze had already returned to Jessamy , and she suddenly realised she did n't want to be left alone with Julius . |
| 16 | Will the children be left alone at night ? |
| 17 | He was hoping that she would not be left alone after his death . |
| 18 | Then an attempted entry to a local authority hairdressing course went embarrassingly wrong ; it finished with Mrs Finni having to spell out her daughter 's handicap to students and a flustered teacher who eventually refused to accept responsibility for a girl who could never be left alone in the classroom . |
| 19 | If someone were to be left alone in one of these structures , not only would the physical senses be deprived , but the individual would be in a psychic atmosphere well suited to the encouragement of inspirational and prophetic experiences . |
| 20 | ‘ It is not usual for a king to be left alone in the field at the end of a withdrawal . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , er , and then we ask him to let us be left alone in the quarry . ’ |
| 22 | How Gemma Gibson came to be left alone in a flat in Hammersmith , London seems likely to remain unclear until she comes back . |