Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] free [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I was wondering when I was going to be let free to do the work of the Lord . ’
2 The independent contractor is one who has agreed to do a piece of work , but is to be left free to choose his own method of doing it .
3 ‘ He usually took the first surgery , so that Niall could be left free to attend crew briefings . ’
4 The National Government had been allotted a definite task , and on its completion it is understood that Parliament should be dissolved as soon as circumstances permit , and that each of the parties should be left free to place its policy before the electors for their approval .
5 The lower-level subskills involved in word recognition can become automatised through practice , and this is necessary so that the reader 's mind can be left free to attempt alternate integrations in order to calculate the writer 's intended meaning .
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