Example sentences of "[vb pp] to be alone " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were not , however destined to be alone for long . |
| 2 | But Charlotte would have needed to be alone with him , decks cleared of their differences , for certainty on the point . |
| 3 | ‘ But you have got to be alone . |
| 4 | It would have been more usual to have asked her with careful casualness to wait behind after the meeting but what he had to say was private and he had been trying for some weeks now to cut down the number of times when they were known to be alone together . |
| 5 | Sam was gratified to be alone with his father and identified only the improvization and daring that lay in the situation , not the guilt and apprehension . |
| 6 | He had wanted to be alone while he wrote tomorrow 's vital speech to the Conservative conference . |
| 7 | I 'd only wanted to be alone ! |
| 8 | Tonight she had wanted to be alone with her memories . |
| 9 | All during supper , eating a pork chop and cauliflower and mashed potatoes , Stephen had wanted to be alone . |
| 10 | ‘ You might have wanted to be alone . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd kinda hoped to be alone here tonight . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 13 | Such a woman was not meant to be alone . ’ |