Example sentences of "he [verb] to [be] alone " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wants to be alone . |
| 2 | He needed to be alone ; to start unravelling the knots . |
| 3 | He needed to be alone . |
| 4 | I knew that he needed to be alone to think about all that he had heard . |
| 5 | He wanted to be alone down here so he could steal . |
| 6 | Duke Michael could have friends to stay with him in the new castle , but he could go into the old castle when he wanted to be alone . |
| 7 | He wanted to be alone with her , to anticipate the night to come , and he guessed that she was teasing him . |
| 8 | James had stayed behind and Lewis had been sullen for the half-hour or so they 'd been walking before suddenly announcing he wanted to be alone . |