Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [art] free [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if you 'd been given a free choice , you would n't have given your sweets to your brother , would you ? |
| 2 | SALFORD scrum half Mark Dobson , who has sharpened up by training with Olympic sprinter David Grindley , has been given a free transfer . |
| 3 | The 26-year-old was a free agent having been given a free transfer by the Scottish Premier League club , and flew to Belfast on Friday to complete the deal . |
| 4 | Experienced Carrick Rangers defender Neil Cummings has been given a free transfer . |
| 5 | Marples has been given a free transfer by manager John Ward , even though he still has a year of his contract to go . |
| 6 | The 34-year-old has been given a free transfer after turning down the offer of a new contract . |
| 7 | Winger John Gallacher has been given a free transfer but improved one-year contracts have been offered to talented teenagers Matty Appleby , Alan Neilson and Lee Makel. — FORMER Middlesbrough goalkeeper Kevin Poole will miss Leicester City 's Wembley date with Blackburn Rovers . |
| 8 | A top line interior decorator had been given a free hand when Hugo had bought the triplex two years ago and no expense had been spared — the walls were hung with some of Hugo 's collection of Old Masters , glowing against the background of watered silk , the shelves were lined with leather bound first editions which neither Hugo nor Sally would ever open , much less read , every nook and cranny was filled with treasures and objets d'art displayed on dainty pedestals . |
| 9 | Er I was fully aware of the fact that er you know , some people say , particularly in the fitting departments where experience had taught the fitters , having been given a free hand , er that they accumulated all the parts for a job , or even part of the job , they did certain assemblies you know , until they got all the part pieces assembled ready to combine it into the main unit , erm that experience er was being overtaken by an introduction of smaller units being assembled you know , bit by bit as they were being produced in the machine shop . |
| 10 | As a book reviewer of some 25 years experience I am not , and never will be , of the school that thinks that because you have been given a free book , you should give a good review . |
| 11 | The base has been made a free port and special economic zone . |
| 12 | In many ways this was a sensible policy since even if Danzig had not been made a Free City and had remained within the long arm of Prussia , the local economy was too poor to maintain it for long ; a German Danzig would still have been forced to rely upon a distant Vistula hinterland . |
| 13 | Hard-up royal retainers , who earn around £8,500 a year , have been told the free electricity used in their grace and favour homes will be taxed in a new crackdown . |
| 14 | In 26 months since his £300,000 move from Highbury he has made just 18 full appearances — none this season — and has now been handed a free transfer . |