What about those of us who don't want to be left alone in our heads?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He also said it wasn't the first time he had been left alone.
The Sun (2016)
Two million are left alone in the UK for at least five hours on weekdays.
The Sun (2017)
Yet nature, left alone, thrives here.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Rome claims it has been left alone to deal with the 130,000 migrants who have been rescued at sea and brought to Italy this year.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Dark wood interiors have been replaced by a cooler palette, bathrooms are lighter and windows larger, but the facilities have wisely been left alone.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You often find that once the bulbs are established they will be left alone : squirrels seem more interested in newly planted bulbs, especially crocus and tulips.
The Sun (2016)
We prefer to be left alone so that we can get on with being innovative and creative.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
That will allow him to be left alone in safety.
The Sun (2016)
Many people would agree there are some parts of the world that we should leave alone.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She needs to be left alone.
The Sun (2013)
Left alone without any predators, the number of reindeer exploded.
The Sun (2011)
The government pledged that the terms of these schemes would be left alone for 25 years.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She was effectively left alone and told to get on with it, which must have been impossible.
The Sun (2012)
He spent so much time being the centre of attention at work that when he came home he just wanted to be left alone.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He left alone yesterday morning.
The Sun (2010)
He resents being left alone and demands I stay up with him.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I wanted to say that the biggest happiness for Man is to be left alone to live where he or she was born.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But a single dead small garden or wild bird should be left alone and Defra need not be contacted, a spokeswoman said.
The Sun (2006)
You want to be left alone with your thoughts, you don't have the desire to do anything but sit around with them.
The Sun (2011)
If I was left alone for more than five minutes, the flashbacks would come big style.
The Sun (2009)
All related terms of 'leave alone'
leave well alone
to refrain from interfering with something that is satisfactory
leave someone alone
to permit to stay or be alone
let alone
Let alone is used after a statement , usually a negative one, to indicate that the statement is even more true of the person, thing, or situation that you are going to mention next .
just leave well alone
to refrain from interfering with something that is satisfactory
to leave well alone
If someone tells you to leave well alone , they are telling you not to interfere in something, because it is all right as it is and you might only make it worse .
leave well enough alone
see the phrase under → alone
to leave someone or something alone leave sb/sth be
If you leave someone or something alone , or if you leave them be , you do not pay them any attention or bother them.