Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] be free " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , it felt weak and wrong to be free and still take the Men 's food . |
| 2 | I dread to think who Uncle Joe had transferred his twisted ‘ affections ’ to , but at the time , I was just relieved to be free of his attentions . |
| 3 | While Prince Charles must be relieved to be free of a marriage which had become a sham , he , his family and in the end the British Government have met Diana 's terms . |
| 4 | She ought to be relieved to be free of his company for a while . |
| 5 | Patrick Murphy said last night he was angry about his treatment by police but was delighted to be free . |
| 6 | I am glad to be free again . |
| 7 | Oliver was very glad to be free of Mrs Mann 's violence , but he said nothing because she was angrily shaking her finger at him . |
| 8 | They were glad to be free of the flatboat and the smell of death that had been with them ever since the battle . |
| 9 | Corbett enjoyed the walk , glad to be free of the baleful , mournful atmosphere at Godstowe . |
| 10 | He was glad to be free of Godstowe and the cloying , hidden menace which seemed to permeate the place like sane unwholesome stench . |
| 11 | A whimper escaped from his lips , glad to be free . |
| 12 | I took his word for it and we left , glad to be free of the ghastly place . |
| 13 | In a daze of ever-increasing passion , she barely noticed as he gently removed her clothes , suddenly glad to be free of them and astonished to find herself revelling in his softly whispered murmurs of delight , the fierce gleam in his grey eyes , before first his fingers and then his lips began tracing patterns of fire on her quivering flesh . |
| 14 | A woman is not fit to be free . |
| 15 | Legally and socially , no country on earth tries so hard to be free of racism . |
| 16 | If education is supposed to be free , then educational materials should also be free . |
| 17 | Because constituency boundaries are fixed on the basis of figures produced by the Registrars General , these officers are not subject to ministerial control and their publications are more likely to be free of such problems . |
| 18 | The long years he spent absorbed in working for the abolition of untouchability and for the reconciliation of Muslim and Hindu , and in innumerable projects of village uplift , testified not only to his genuine goodness but also to the strength of his desire to make India , in the eyes of its alien rulers as well as his own , worthy to be free . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought it would be good to be free to get on with my own affairs , ’ she said , ‘ but I suffered quite severe depression . |
| 20 | Brightness is too famous to be free |
| 21 | They are used to all sorts of emergencies , but there has never been anything like this : their own people , prepared to face appalling hardships , possible arrest or even death to get out , arriving exhausted but so happy to be free . |
| 22 | He is first and foremost a brilliant engineer and he is happy to be free to concentrate on research and development while I get on with marketing . ’ |
| 23 | It can be argued that it is a citizen 's right to be free to collect information about whatever and whoever he likes and to do it in any way which is not intrusive or injurious . |
| 24 | I consoled myself ; for if it is not possible to be free , perhaps to be hidden is the next best thing , and Lili 's presence gave me , as the hours went by , the feeling that I was growing less visible . |
| 25 | Surely he 'd be so grateful to be free of her that he 'd agree ? |
| 26 | Lord , I was pleased to be free of the place , following the white beaten track first west around London , then south across the downs to Dover . |
| 27 | Living with him had made her feel middle-aged , yet she was still only twenty-two , and it was wonderful to be free again . |
| 28 | ‘ It felt so wonderful to be free , ’ she says . |
| 29 | He 'd run away repeatedly as he 'd got older , never with anywhere to go but just anxious to be free of the confining walls and restrictive atmosphere . |
| 30 | He was best to be free of the humiliations and the uncertainties of the farm . |