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Sentence Examples This year will be the last Guy Fawkes day when people can let off crackers, rockets, Catherine wheels and the like. Lex felt such a wave of gratitude at being let off so easily that the file nearly fell from his nerveless fingers. It's a way to let off steam, and Eddie's got so much steam that it's fogging the windows. Some people enjoy fireworks but animals don't and can become terrified when fireworks are let off. Always make sure horses, ponies and donkeys are stabled while fireworks are being let off. Monday's explosion occurred minutes after firecrackers had been let off during a religious ceremony in the area. When the police bring anyone to justice in this country, some judges want to let off the scum of the land with light sentences. With Bonfire Night and Hallowe'en less than a month away, police are saying incidents of fireworks being let off are already on the rise. McGrath on-drove Middlebrook high into the stand for six but Jaques was let off again on 91 when Andy Flower missed a sharp chance at slip. Thousands of fireworks were let off in the castle grounds at the stroke of midnight to mark the start of the New Year. You might have used a blow-up to let off steam or as a way to force a change when calm discussion didn't work. I just had to make a simple excuse of overwhelming studies, confusion and stress, and I was let off. He failed a drugs test in 1988, but the result was attributed to ginseng tea, and he was let off without punishment. The big man brought his rifle about with blinding speed, sighted along the rail and optical sight, and let off a round. Maybe the training workshop has a secondary purpose, which is to give some of us the space to let off steam. If your child is bursting with energy, let him run around to let off steam before moving on to more calming activities. This let off gave Crettyard some breathing space and a confident Mark Kelly clattered the Monasterevin bar with a thunderbolt shot on 32 minutes. But many voters see the referendum as a chance to let off steam over what they regard as the government's economic policy failures. Likewise, certain kinds of men who are on our side are let off with being laddy, gropey, handsy because, hell knows, the other lot are worse. When those convicted are let off with lenient sentences what do people expect? Show More Sentences You guys are so strait-laced, but you go crazy when you're let off your leashes. I did keep my gob shut and I waited till she let off her own yell of anger before joining in the rant against the dastardly final twist. Why do students think they can always break the law and be let off with just a reprimand or a slap on the wrist? Right when we crest, that is the point we let off the throttle to lessen the impact and maintain control of the balance and pivot point. Thousands of fireworks were let off in the castle grounds at the stroke of midnight to mark to the start of the New Year. He tried his luck with a kick from close range but his goal effort went wide of the target and it was a let off for the home side. Every so often the Royal Marines let off smoke grenades to disperse the increasingly rowdy crowd. We offered a few local worthies well known for their forthright opinions the chance to let off a bit of steam. When soldiers surrounded the house, Mr Shwairah let off eight bursts of gunfire, seriously wounding one of the soldiers. I guess she likes her male to loaf around the yard in boxers and no shirt, guzzle a beer and let off a hearty belch etc etc. A chemist who swigged vodka at work was let off with a reprimand after she cleaned up her act. Sometimes I think the only thing they achieve is that people can let off steam. But she just didn't understand why she couldn't run around and let off steam with the other dogs. We've danced to let off steam, to express ourselves and get rid of excess energy, we've danced to attract a partner and for religious reasons. Sadly, Adam is let off the leash in the second half and everything goes downhill, but not before the movie has delivered big laughs. They let off a volley of flaming arrows, which light up the night like mad fireflies on a rampage. Explosive devices were let off in Paris, and celebrities were threatened with letter-bombs if they didn't contribute to the cause. Put another way a non-dom who has lived in the UK for five years until April will only be let off the annual 30,000 charge for another two years. Take up meditation and yoga so there is minimal steam to let off. Here is a compilation of 3 pleasant games that will allow you to let off steam. Show More Sentences While conservative often feel that such behavior reflects ingratitude, it is precisely this ability to let off steam that makes our alliances work. When people protest the way the Administration is let off the hook until the election, of course, the charge will be that they are attempting to politicize the process. Police were inundated with calls throughout Sunday evening as pranksters gathered in large numbers, let off fireworks and attacked dozens of homes with eggs. These Member States, which are collaborating, were let off the hook totally. We need to be asking why they should be suddenly let off the hook when it comes to maintaining their transmission infrastructure. There has been great pressure applied by the British Government, but this must not be a case where a big country is let off the hook. We must recognize that UN agencies have a real responsibility and cannot be let off the hook. Habitually, the dismounted scouts would be let off the vehicle at least four kilometers from the defile, out of sight and sound of the enemy's suspected screen line. Any of your favourite sports will help you let off steam and relieve stress. First, you need to let off steam to another survivor who understands your situation. In the old days, a disgruntled employee would go to the bar to let off steam about a bad boss, a company decision or a difficult customer. In this class, you can let off steam, relax, release tension, sculpt your shape, work your cardio, all this in a guarantied good atmosphere! Sometimes just giving them the opportunity to let off steam is all that is needed. But I was looking for a scene where people would meet to let off steam, be free and have fun. Don't hesitate to do some sport which will restrict the weight gain and help you let off steam. There's nothing like a game of tennis or a rollerblading session with the kids to let off steam! The dog must go out or be liberated from his tie at least 3 times a day in order to let off steam and make his nature calls without turning mad. Having finally achieved his Olympic goal, the Barcelona man was happy to let off steam. This success diary will not only help you to express yourself and let off steam, but very soon it will help you get motivated. Departmental scientists and executives must communicate better to let off steam so that the whistle doesn't blow! Show More Sentences While the mother was put in the pillory to be ridiculed in the public square, the girl was let off by the council with a reprimand. It may let off unpleasant odors the first few days, but they will subside at the end of fermentation. If the escaping water is dirty, let off air, unscrew the drainage valve from the compressed air tank and clean the compressed air tank. They do this only to let off some steam, never in view of a revolt against their family or social order. This means November 5 this year will be the last Guy Fawkes day in South Africa when people can let off crackers, rockets, Catherine wheels and the like. Can the police let off a person involved in a shooting incident, even if the two sides have reached a compromise and the victim claims that the gun went off accidentally? It was a bit of relaxation for the players and a rare chance to let off some steam and freshen up before knuckling down and preparing for Saturday. To find someone has been let off with meaningless punishments like community service orders and not even banned from keeping animals for life breaks our hearts. In the end she was let off and told not to forget the L-plates in future. When he played Carnegie Hall in 1971 a stink bomb was let off. It seems all too often that the evil doers are let off lightly. The only real noise was the sheets screeching through the blocks and the deafening creak when one running backstay was let off and the other was ground on hard. Veda is the villain of the film, but Mildred isn't let off the hook, either. The villain who was stealing the property was let off by the police. Surprisingly the defence that this is war, or that our enemies do worse, hasn't been made as loudly made as when troops tortured prisoners to let off steam. Playing does much more than just help kids let off steam, according to City of York Council, which has launched an initiative to get more youngsters enjoying themselves. Caroline, who is a part-time support worker for Young Carers, believes children such as Steffanie need a weekly outlet to let off steam and be children. After his son's killer was let off without a conviction, the man decided to take the law into his own hands. I realize there's a force protection issue, but there ought to be some way for troops to let off steam. Head coaches have to let off steam, but they should never chew out an assistant coach in front of the players. Show More Sentences It is an opportunity for DISAM members to let off steam, express their ideas, and have fun at the same time. At the same time, the warp yarns must be let off or released from the warp beams. You can tell the car to run faster, but when you let off the gas the cruise control automatically keeps you from running slower than the minimum speed setting. Yet ex-servicemen, bureaucrats and businessmen prepared to play ball with President Musharraf's regime were let off lightly, especially if they were rich enough to repay their ill-gotten gains. What better way to let off a little steam, than by zipping around on the dodgems, or flying high on the Cosmic Typhoon roller coaster? May take off on his own explorations if let off leash in an unfenced area. They only allow others to huff and puff to let off steam. When I was a lawyer in northern Alberta, I was ashamed sometimes to represent individuals who appeared eight or nine times before the court and who were let off with a 30 day or 90 day sentence for impaired driving. The Broconland play area gives children a chance to run riot and let off steam. The area offers numerous bouncy castles, slides and other play facilities as well as a SunKid Rotondo ski and tubing carousel. When they want to let off steam or whisper about the Banyamulenge or Tutsi from South-Kivu, the Congolese use this word to identify those who can't close their mouths. It's a way to release the bad stuff inside, a way to let off steam! Learn to let off the hook of personality and hook-on to the Divine. Gnome Syndrome Nothing is better than a gnome to let off steam! I would like to stress, in particular, the need for the Commission to take account of the comments that were made in the debate, or else our Parliament will just be a place to let off steam. Thousands are being let off with a slap on the wrist despite a promised blitz on the crime. What if someone has let off a smoke bomb as someone is walking down some stairs and their vision is obscured causing them to fall? For close to a decade the former finance minister, with the full support of the Prime Minister, decided who would pay taxes and who would be let off the hook. Additionally, in Pavilion 3 younger visitors can let off steam on the rock climbing face, the inflatable rock climbing face for younger children, on the Tibetan bridge and the zip wires. Then there is just the need to let off steam. In 1999, the Parisian duo Cassius only thinks about the night revellers who want to let off steam and expel their daily stress on the dance floor. Show More Sentences They let off steam but didn't pour the kettle. The games started last fall when Ambassador Arif Lalani suggested a pick-up match to allow staff here to get together to boost morale and let off steam, given our limited opportunity for mobility here. Occasionally, they give a party, dance and drink and let off steam. In the spring cars were broken into and handbrakes let off, sending them smashing into walls, other vehicles, trees and lamp-posts. The mystery's solution is wholly unsatisfactory and the assumed bad guys, Opus Dei and the Vatican, are let off the hook, presumably for fear of American lawsuits. Last year at least four countries carried out nuclear weapons tests, but according to the rapporteur it is only North Korea and Iran that are dangerous, while the others are let off the hook. We had fine clothes, and feasting, and drum-beating, and fireworks let off in our village. It was a grand tamasha! And at the end of filming she often forced herself to have a good cry, just to let off steam. Alastair, who says he will travel to Turkey to support James' Eurovision bid, says the pair let off steam over a few pints. Although Merthyr Alexandria were let off with just a warning. Off-duty officers, thepolice, ambulance and fire brigade were called out, but everyone just stood back and waited until the nine had let off steam and calmed down. Running back Jamal Lewis will attempt to work up a head of steam on the ground against his former team-mates, having let off steam about Mangini's tough practices this week. The question is how to develop the spirit and community and let off steam. Examples from Classical Literature Steno was accused before the Quarantia and let off with a punishment which the Doge regarded as derisory. The family must have occupied the piano nobile and let off the floors they did not require. Louie was not merely let off scot-free for what she did, but was to have every happiness given to her. I skeeted down them steps into the Common to let off my corked up risibilities. At the bottom of the drum there is a stopcock to let off the condensed water. Fearing to be too late, one of the armed men let off his piece, which was the signal for a grand feu de joie. A rocket let off the moment they were in was the signal to the ariel to cease firing. He's a beastly coward I think, and he told me once he'd never let off a revolver in his life. The last item on the programme was a grand display of fireworks, to be let off exactly at midnight. It is let off in sets of chambers now, and in those shrunken fragments of its greatness, lawyers lie like maggots in nuts. Unless a legislature clearly indicates otherwise, there is no reason to let off a briber just because he was also a victim of extortion. There was a shop to the house, but it was let off to an importer of otto of roses. He fell to communing with himself excitedly and joyously, but every now and then he let off another volley of dumb hurrahs. The scoria is let off occasionally, through holes made for the purpose. But he could not let off peasants who did not pay their rent, nor let them fall into arrears. We now resolved to let off enough gas to bring our guide-rope, with the buoys affixed, into the water. Friquet, who did not expect to be let off so cheaply, bounded off like a gazelle up the Quai a la Rue Dauphine, and disappeared. Abner, let off your rifle, that they may know we ar' coming. Blucher was pretty angry and wanted to swear, but every time he opened his mouth his animal did so also and let off a series of brays that drowned all other sounds. She was then told to fire off one shot before the instructor told her to adjust her stance and squeeze the trigger to let off a volley of bullets. Show More Sentences I hope Mirandy'll favor her comin' over to see us real often, for she'll let off some of her steam here, an' the brick house'll be consid'able safer for everybody concerned. When I wish to rise to the level of the sea, I only let off the water, and empty all the reservoirs if I want the Nautilus to emerge from the tenth part of her total capacity. Find more words! 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