Example sentences of "[prep] being free " in BNC.
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| 1 | I dug the idea of being free enough to just goof off from incessant maths homework . |
| 2 | These are easy to obtain from health shops or through specialised catalogues and have the advantage of being free from chemicals and therefore non-addictive . |
| 3 | ‘ Think of all the people we shall meet , and the places we 'll go to , and the things we shall do ! we 've had some good times at Pinehurst , I know , but think of being free ! ’ |
| 4 | And pure substances tailored to neurotransmitter sites would have a good chance of being free of unpleasant side effects elsewhere in the body . |
| 5 | So I hunted him and smashed his face , and I was going to take him back to the prison-ship , so that he would n't have the pleasure of being free , when the soldiers caught us . |
| 6 | Then he realised that they were presumably so poor that even a choice of cornflakes or lumpy porridge , along with underdone toast and margarine , had the overwhelming attraction of being free . |
| 7 | ’ Maria only seems to get married for the sake of being free . |
| 8 | Many customers like being free to move around the store |
| 9 | What made this all the more piquant was that so far from being free , the holiday was in fact bankrupting me . |
| 10 | She rejoiced in being free from the place , but she talked of it with comprehension and critical affection . |
| 11 | But for her insistence on being free for Dickie 's holidays she could have had a ward sister 's job in Benedict 's by just picking up the nearest telephone . |
| 12 | And to being free . |
| 13 | There are benefits to being free from the constraints of full-time employment . |
| 14 | ‘ The best things about being free and easy is I 'm always available , ’ he says . |
| 15 | As for being free — to be in thrall to a ruling obsession is hardly to exist in a state of freedom . |
| 16 | " There 's a lot to be said for being free , " she panted . |
| 17 | ‘ He did n't seem the sort for being free |
| 18 | ‘ The stewardess thought he was weeping for happiness at being free . |