Example sentences of "[adv] want [prep] [be] [verb] alone " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hero of Simon Gray 's comedy Otherwise Engaged ( 1975 ) , in similar fashion , only wants to be left alone to play his new recording of Wagner 's Parsifal , but he is successively interrupted by neighbour , brother and wife , who succeed in disturbing him and fail only to interest him . |
| 2 | But she had so wanted to be left alone for a while . |
| 3 | She very obviously wanted to be left alone . |
| 4 | ‘ When I went to old Abuelo Freitas , Maria told me that you sometimes worried too much about him — that you did n't understand that he only wanted to be left alone . |
| 5 | For the first time in his life Brian did not want to be left alone with Celia . |
| 6 | You just want to be left alone to die . |
| 7 | Sometimes I just want to be left alone to do it my way , whether it 's right or wrong . |
| 8 | We just want to be left alone . ’ |
| 9 | I just want to be left alone ! ’ |
| 10 | I just want to be left alone . ’ |
| 11 | Sometimes you just want to be left alone , so I understand the violent reactions some celebrities have when they 're infringed upon . |
| 12 | At the time I just wanted to be left alone , but now I 'm glad he pressured me into doing more talks . |
| 13 | He was sweating , and the way he held on to me indicated that he did n't want to be left alone . |
| 14 | His gaze had already returned to Jessamy , and she suddenly realised she did n't want to be left alone with Julius . |
| 15 | I simply wanted to be left alone . |