Example sentences of "to [be] free [prep] " in BNC.

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1 They range variously from Fokine 's Pierrot in Le Carnaval who only wants ‘ one kiss ’ and his puppet Petrushka who wants to be free to Ashton 's Alain mentioned above and MacMillan 's Bratfisch in Mayerling .
2 You have taught me to forget myself by demeaning yourself to be free to a poor servant .
3 She just wanted to be free of the burden of her own special powers .
4 He was best to be free of the humiliations and the uncertainties of the farm .
5 Entering into consciousness — an obscure phrase — meant trying to be oneself on the canvas , without the props of a single familiar reference , and thus to be free of rhetoric , history , convention , other people , safety , the past .
6 Legally and socially , no country on earth tries so hard to be free of racism .
7 Mr McGovern also claims to be free of the banks , never having incurred much long-term debt .
8 People strove to be free of Nature , seeing it as something outside of themselves .
9 I have seen at long last that I need to be free of my beloved mistress and even as I write that word it is hollow for how can I love one who no longer has the least regard for me ?
10 Twelve manors , a vill and four hamlets held by subjects on the west side of the Severn from Newent in the north to Lydney , Alvington and Aylburton in the south were named : they were said to have been afforested by John , and so were claimed to be free of the Forest law .
11 Moreover , he says , Delta 's haemoglobin is guaranteed to be free of the viruses that could contaminate the blood-derived product , and of any residual matter from the blood cells that might trigger allergic reactions in patients .
12 The outlet should be 100mm ( 4in ) from the bottom of the tank , to be free of sediment .
13 I want to be free of pain . ’
14 Why do words receive so much consideration in dispositions widely held to be free of form ?
15 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 .
16 Usually it was a relief to be free of those gentle and accusing ghosts , which in the last few months had visited her less often .
17 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 .
18 On July 1st he was writing to say that he was back at the studio , and how delightful it was to be free of catheters , bougies , and syringes .
19 To be free of such fears we need to let God 's love drive that fear out .
20 HIV and AIDS have highlighted fundamental questions of human rights — the right to travel , to seek employment and to be free of discrimination .
21 Reanalysis by flow cytometry showed these preparations to be free of A2B5 + cells ( data not shown ) .
22 Austin would apparently give Mach , said to be free of AT&T code , multiple personalities like OS/2 or OSF/1 .
23 Ben hopes to be free of his injuries by September for a renewed attempt on Aktion Direkt .
24 The accusations were flat and uniform , although what is truly remarkable is that the youth of the nation were believed not only to be free of all discipline , but also excessively affluent .
25 Diplomatic representatives were to reside in Edo , and trade was to be free of official intervention , with more ports due to be opened in future years .
26 In 1980 , coming back from a hospital in the States where I had been told that I ought to have an operation ( interestingly on my throat — it was as though all the tension caused by what I could not say was caught up there ) , I saw that I had to be free of this .
27 Unless they can be guaranteed a post , they will consider alternatives at a time when they probably need to be free of distractions from their studies and may commit themselves to another job unnecessarily .
28 I seem to be free of mundane anxieties .
29 CeraFoam is a ceramic foam , inert and pH neutral , which is ‘ cooked ’ at 1300°s ; C to be free of all impurities .
30 Even the excellent Amphibious range of submersibles is quickly banjaxed by blanketweed , and who can claim to be free of that ?
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