Unable to free disk space

Hi
I'm running on an encrypted HD. I have around 400mb of free HD space and just freed up about 10gb. However when I restart my Mac, I don't get the prompt saying that it is freeing up any disk space. So when I relog, i've still got just 400mb.
I'm not using any third party apps, just those built into leopard.
Any assistance gratefully appreciated
Matt

I have just tried to turn of the Filevault encrytion but it reports in needs over 130gb of free space in order to deactivate it :o

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