Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to [be] alone [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She just wants to be alone with her boys to try to forget the separation traumas . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Here the person referred to did not expect to be alone at the bar . |
| 4 | The rich do not dare to be alone at night in their grand houses : who lurks to rape around the panelled corners , swings to attack from the ropes in the work-out room ? |
| 5 | I do not seem to be alone in this response . |
| 6 | Sometimes I think I 'd just love to be alone with a nice book to read and a carol service on the wireless ! |
| 7 | It had to be done through the American Consulate at Marseilles , sixty miles there and back , she was away most of the day ; I was glad of that too , we did n't really want to be alone with each other just then . |
| 8 | Are you sure you do n't want to be alone with your husband ? |
| 9 | It was quite likely that , after Wednesday night , Tanner would n't want to be alone with Maxim . |
| 10 | I would n't like to be alone with him . ’ |
| 11 | At no time , either , did Zacco either seek to be alone with him , or utter a word of reproach about his failure with Famagusta . |
| 12 | We were not , however destined to be alone for long . |