Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to be alone " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want to stay out here , that 's all , and I would much prefer to be alone . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd kinda hoped to be alone here tonight . |
| 3 | I 'd only wanted to be alone ! |
| 4 | Similar impressions are obtained from other examples of this type : ( 22 ) He did not want to be alone , and had expected to find some of his friends at the bar . |
| 5 | ‘ She just wants to be alone with her boys to try to forget the separation traumas . |
| 6 | THEY say every picture tells a story … and these pictures show a woman who just wants to be alone . |
| 7 | We just want to be alone |
| 8 | I just want to be alone , so if you do n't mind … ’ |
| 9 | The YPLL panel study asked young people : Where do you go and what do you do if you just want to be alone to think ? ’ |
| 10 | He turned on his heel , and she stumbled after him , not wanting to be alone in the eerie garden where even the birds had been subdued by the fog . |
| 11 | Here the person referred to did not expect to be alone at the bar . |
| 12 | In addition to the single people who choose to be alone , there are many hundreds of thousands of widows , widowers and unmarried people who do not choose to be alone , but are . |
| 13 | The rich do not dare to be alone at night in their grand houses : who lurks to rape around the panelled corners , swings to attack from the ropes in the work-out room ? |
| 14 | She did not like to be alone . |
| 15 | Claire does not like to be alone . |
| 16 | Such a woman was not meant to be alone . ’ |
| 17 | I do not seem to be alone in this response . |
| 18 | She could hear the beating of his heart and she closed her eyes , thankful for his presence for she could not bear to be alone , not now , not yet . |
| 19 | Sometimes I think I 'd just love to be alone with a nice book to read and a carol service on the wireless ! |
| 20 | ‘ If Gebrec was upset or worried about something and just wanted to be alone to think things over , ’ said Jack , ‘ he might have gone up to the belvedere , or down by the river where we went yesterday to do our painting . ’ |
| 21 | A LETTER from Greta Garbo shows she did not always want to be alone . |
| 22 | Mr Rochester 's mood had suddenly changed , and he clearly wished to be alone . |
| 23 | Of course he does n't really want to be alone . |
| 24 | Even after that , they still seemed to be completely bewildered , and kept repeating , ‘ But you do n't really want to be alone , do you ? ’ |
| 25 | It had to be done through the American Consulate at Marseilles , sixty miles there and back , she was away most of the day ; I was glad of that too , we did n't really want to be alone with each other just then . |
| 26 | ‘ Perhaps they do n't want to be alone . ’ |
| 27 | " He say he do n't want to be alone . |
| 28 | Are you sure you do n't want to be alone with your husband ? |
| 29 | It was quite likely that , after Wednesday night , Tanner would n't want to be alone with Maxim . |
| 30 | She did n't want to be alone , but disliked even more the thought of making a fool of herself by running after him . |