Example sentences of "have [vb pp] to be alone " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps you would help me up on deck ? ’ she ventured expectantly , adding with a bewitchingly brief smile , ‘ I 'd hoped to be alone for a while . ’ |
| 2 | But Charlotte would have needed to be alone with him , decks cleared of their differences , for certainty on the point . |
| 3 | ‘ You might have wanted to be alone . ’ |
| 4 | He had wanted to be alone while he wrote tomorrow 's vital speech to the Conservative conference . |
| 5 | Tonight she had wanted to be alone with her memories . |
| 6 | All during supper , eating a pork chop and cauliflower and mashed potatoes , Stephen had wanted to be alone . |
| 7 | ‘ But you have got to be alone . |