Example sentences of "[vb -s] to be [vb pp] alone " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That has to be left alone … ’ |
| 2 | Very irritable and wants to be left alone ; slightest motion causes pain , even turning the head ; dry lips and copious thirst for cold water . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He wants to be left alone to get on with the job , including completing Knowsley 's ‘ positive futures ’ programme to develop a direct services system for supporting those in need living in the community . |
| 5 | Perhaps he wants to be left alone . ’ |
| 6 | Kansas deserves to be left alone . |