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Example sentences for "when they were alone"

  • When they were alone, Prince confessed that he was the slave in question.

  • When they were alone together in the parlor, he said, "I admit this was an intentional trick; but I had what seemed to me good reasons for resorting to it.

  • When they were alone, she said to him: "Really, monseigneur, one thing afflicts me.

  • When they were alone, the king said, "Madame, you know this must lead to a public trial, and that scandal will fall heavily on the heads of the guilty.

  • When they were alone, Manoël said angrily to Beausire, "Please to explain what the devil you mean by this journey to Portugal?

  • The very voice was changed, as it addressed Edith, when they were alone again.

  • Once she asked him, when they were alone, what he was thinking about.

  • At last, having an idea of what she wanted, and willing to give her a chance, he one day, when they were alone, abruptly asked her what she thought of his choice.

  • You deserve it all," she said, when they were alone, "and if Carrie had one tithe of your happiness in store I should be satisfied.

  • He took the first opportunity, when they were alone, and told her he was glad to find she was only dismal at home.

  • When they were alone, Falcon began by saying it was a bad job for him.

  • When they were alone, Falcon told her she had said words that gladdened his very heart.

  • When they were alone: "Now, can you keep a famerly secret?

  • When they were alone-- "Did you misunderstand me yesterday, that you talk again to-day of getting ready?

  • It is all over now," said Susy to Lottie, when they were alone in their room.

  • Burney, when they were alone, Mrs. Burney in her chair at the head of the table.

  • I am glad to have this opportunity, Miss Burney," said he, when they were alone in the big half-lighted room.

  • Dear angel," he said, when they were alone, "it is repentance.

  • I translated this letter for him," went on the interpreter, when they were alone.

  • Tafet tells me," said he, when they were alone, "that Thou art always in the house.

  • When they were alone in a chamber Eunana fell at the feet of Tutmosis and implored the chief not to repeat what he was going to tell him.

  • Tafet tells me," said he, when they were alone, "that thou art always in the house.

  • James to his sister, when they were alone together.

  • I suppose it will be necessary to hold an Inquest," said Jim, when they were alone together.

  • When they were alone, he offered her his arm, and led her out into the air, and they sat down side by side in deep chairs.

  • Cara mia, one must submit," said Marcantonio to his sister, when they were alone together.

  • Julius asked in English, when they were alone, and Leonora could see the light in his eyes as he spoke.

  • When they were alone he fixed his eyes on his daughter, and said quietly, "What is your opinion of--a jilt?

  • When they were alone, he began by giving the young man his hand, and then thanked him warmly for his daughter.

  • Lord Saltire said to Lord Hainault, when they were alone together--"You see what a liberty I have taken, having my private secretary down in this unceremonious way.

  • When they were alone, Jack took Mâdou's hand and found it as burning hot as a brick from the furnace.

  • Every evening, when they were alone, he walked up and down the large room and dictated for an hour.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "when they were alone" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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