How To Use Let off In A Sentence
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Those with a higher metabolism tend to exercise and let off steam more often.
The Sun
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They were a teacher's only refuge: a place to let off steam or have a crafty cigarette between lessons.
Times, Sunday Times
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When Manly-Warringah dropped out of the chase, St George stepped up the pressure and have never really let off.
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Even as the funeral took place, guerrillas hidden nearby fired/let off a fresh volley of machine-gun fire.
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It's a way to let off steam, and Eddie's got so much steam that it's fogging the windows.
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The recurve is great for bowfishing but if you really want to succed with deer and turkeys get a 60-70 lb compound with 80% let off.
Iv hunted the past few years aand wanted to start bow hunting i have a fred bear Kodiack Mag in 55 pounds recurve do you think I
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Even as the funeral took place, guerrillas hidden nearby fired/let off a fresh volley of machine-gun fire.
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The big man brought his rifle about with blinding speed, sighted along the rail and optical sight, and let off a round.
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When the sea ice receded from the coast of Nunivak Island in Alaska, it left 11 muskoxen trapped on a small islet offshore, doomed to die of starvation or thirst.
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Chelsea's confidence dims after Blackburn are let off the hook
El-Hadji Diouf to face internal investigation at Blackburn Rovers
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In some old documents appears the name Elen (or Helin); it apparently refers to the islet off the southwest point of Mindoro which is now called Ylín.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 03 of 55 1569-1576 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing
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September 28th, 2009 8: 42 pm ET this man needs to be held acountable for what he has done! why should a director be let off when a mere mortal like everyone else would pay the price? money and fame should not have any say in justice. if it does, then our system has gone to hell!
Evening Buzz: Fugitive Filmmaker Arrested, Fighting Back
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Charles Lamb, a notorious punster, explained that the pun is “a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.”
Punditry
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Tyson knocked my wallet off, so I took a poke at him.
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They had hoped to let off some steam after also putting in long stints of promo work.
The Sun
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The actors also play the horse that pulls their cart and perform juggling, tumbling and let off mock cannon fire.
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She resewed old clothes for the children who grew too fast, kept three chicks in the kitchen until they were eaten by a cat, and later, during another famine, after World War II, bought the last rickety piglet off a horse-drawn cart that had stopped for a few minutes on their street.
A Mountain of Crumbs
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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?
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You guys are so strait-laced, but you go crazy when you're let off your leashes.
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People who dislike his mullet offend him.
The Sun
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Even as the funeral took place, guerrillas hidden nearby fired/let off a fresh volley of machine-gun fire.
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We offered a few local worthies well known for their forthright opinions the chance to let off a bit of steam.
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They let off a volley of flaming arrows, which light up the night like mad fireflies on a rampage.
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Plans to build a house on an uninhabited islet off the south of Sanday were turned down by islands' councillors on Thursday morning.
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A source at the hotel said: 'An extinguisher was let off in a corridor causing a lot of damage.
The Sun
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It has higher than 355 fps and a nice let off rate i think it lets off to about 80 percent where as my martin lynx (20 year old bow, but still a nice bow) lets off about 50 percent but if I were you ide take the lights out
I need a new bow...i've been looking at martin bows cause i like the looks of them also the fred bear lights out or the 2 also i
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From Nov.1 to Dec.25, the booklet offers l0-40% discounts on the wares of local merchants and mercados, and dangles such incentives as free gifts with purchase.
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Two flares were let off during the game, along with several "bungers" - small fireworks that give off a loud sound.
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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.
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Only at twelve noon it might be partly realized when the prolonged "toots" of seven factory whistles at once let off, so to speak, the hour.
The Imperialist
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The villain who was stealing the property was let off by the police.
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A detective who accessed the police database to try and find out the home address of a corruption investigator was let off with just a fine, even though it is now a sackable offence.
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Lex felt such a wave of gratitude at being let off so easily that the file nearly fell from his nerveless fingers.
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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.
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We then went to what they called the Ranelagh Gardens, to see the fireworks, which were to be let off at ten o'clock.
Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2
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Yet a real villain walks free with a suspended sentence over a huge cannabis stash and is let off over the illegal gun.
The Sun
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Only that mighty mass of clouds called Arjuna, aided by Krishna like unto a powerful wind, with celestial weapon representing its fierce lightning, the white steeds, the rows of white cranes coursing underneath and the unbearable Gandiva, the rainbow ahead, is capable of extinguishing the blazing flame represented by Karna by means of its arrowy showers let off with unflagging steadiness.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1
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I went for a long walk to let off steam.
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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.
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We welcome passion, for the mind is briefly let off duty. Mignon McLaughlin
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Even as the funeral took place, guerrillas hidden nearby fired/let off a fresh volley of machine-gun fire.
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He lived in a furnished flatlet off the Newtownards Road, had been there since his wife had kicked him out of their Glengormley bungalow.
FIELD OF BLOOD
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The first quarto of Hamlet offers its audience an interesting new way of looking at an extremely familiar text.
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Overall, the ballet offered a deft balance of theatricality and virtuosity, resulting in two very accessible productions that had the audience on their feet yelling bravos by night's end.
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Below the ice is a tin grating, through which the melted water runs, and is let off when requisite by a cock.
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally
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But he was let off suspended sentence telling a judge he wanted become a father, beggars belief.
The Sun
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I did keep my gob shut (I think I did anyway, Dee will surely back me up on this) and I waited till she let off her own yell of anger before joining in the rant against the dastardly final twist.
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They had hoped to let off some steam after also putting in long stints of promo work.
The Sun
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Police were inundated with calls throughout Sunday evening as pranksters gathered in large numbers, let off fireworks and attacked dozens of homes with eggs.
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He then swallowed the tablet offered to him.
The Passion of Michel Foucault
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The pamphlet offered nothing about breaking habits.
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We then went to what they called the Ranelagh Gardens to see the fireworks, which were to be let off at ten o'clock.
Peter Simple
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But he was let off suspended sentence telling a judge he wanted become a father, beggars belief.
The Sun
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Every so often the Royal Marines let off smoke grenades to disperse the increasingly rowdy crowd.
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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.
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He then swallowed the tablet offered to him.
The Passion of Michel Foucault
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The children were let off lightly.
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They had hoped to let off some steam after also putting in long stints of promo work.
The Sun
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Even as the funeral took place, guerrillas hidden nearby fired/let off a fresh volley of machine-gun fire.
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He was moving in slow motion when Jimmy let off a sudden burst that sent chunks of sidewalk flying everywhere.
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He lifts weights after work to let off steam.
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But he was let off suspended sentence telling a judge he wanted become a father, beggars belief.
The Sun
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Thirty-nine states and the District of Columbia let officers issue seat-belt tickets only if they find another violation first.
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It seems all too often that the evil doers are let off lightly.
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They were let off with a stern warning.
Times, Sunday Times
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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.
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We welcome passion, for the mind is briefly let off duty. Mignon McLaughlin
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When those convicted are let off with lenient sentences what do people expect?
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This train stops to let off passengers on signal.
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They were let off with a stern warning.
Times, Sunday Times
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She then pulled the circlet off her head and threw it across the passage.
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The officers' racism had some impact on the way that they did their job - one said that he had nicked an Asian man for a traffic offence, but had let off a white woman who had committed the same offence.
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Henry got himself into a hopeless muddle about his sublet offices.
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This train stops to let off passengers on signal.
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A smoke canister or two were let off, red smoke drifting over us.
Times, Sunday Times
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They let off their guns at the British ships.
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Providing a safe outlet for young people to let off steam is a good idea.
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A resident of his neighbourhood had let off fireworks to celebrate the Revolution.
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The effort to say that Imus should not be so badly treated if blacks who have made similar statements about black women are let off the hook is a product of the first America.
Does He Not Have a First Name? : Kwame Dawes : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation
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Even as the funeral took place, guerrillas hidden nearby fired/let off a fresh volley of machine-gun fire.
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Finally, we were let off lockdown later in the afternoon.
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You know the kind: the brooding grates that let off a steady flow of steam into the dark, rainy, nighttime city streets, like the breath of a monster caged beneath the surface.
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The world's biggest stink bomb has just been let off in the car!
Times, Sunday Times
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While conservative often feel that such behavior reflects ingratitude, it is precisely this ability to let off steam that makes our alliances work.
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Four were arrested on the orders of the chief public prosecutor, but Mr Honecker was let off because of ill health.
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A chemist who swigged vodka at work was let off with a reprimand after she cleaned up her act.
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I think young criminals are let off far too lightly.
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The players have battered one another and let off steam.
Times, Sunday Times
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They had hoped to let off some steam after also putting in long stints of promo work.
The Sun
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The tiring evening ended at last in clearing skies, and devoted enduring fireworks fanatics let off rainbow-coloured pop-pop sparkling starbursts in soggily dripping back gardens.
Second Wind
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After six months of hard study, he felt the need to let off a little steam.
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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.
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Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
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He bought an emerald ring and bracelet off her for 20,000 and asked her name.
Times, Sunday Times
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If an author fuddles himself, I don't know why he should be let off a headache the next morning -- if he orders a coat from the tailor's, why he shouldn't pay for it .... '
Prose Fancies
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Each firmlet offers a single offering to customers, an offering which has a unique set of potential customers and competitors.
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Always make sure horses, ponies and donkeys are stabled while fireworks are being let off.
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It was not uncommon for a switchman to lose track of where all the trains in his charge were going, an alarming development that would send him lunging for his emergency whistle to let off a long blast.
Colossus
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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.
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I think it only fair that the rats should not be let off the ship when things start going seriously pear shaped. enew
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
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People who dislike his mullet offend him.
The Sun
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We welcome passion, for the mind is briefly let off duty. Mignon McLaughlin
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Maybe the training workshop has a secondary purpose, which is to give some of us the space to let off steam.
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But old Dim, as soon as he'd slooshied this dollop of song like a lomtick of redhot meat plonked on your plate, let off one of his vulgarities, which in this case was a lip-trump fol - lowed by a dog-howl followed by two fingers pronging twice at the air followed by a clowny guffaw.
Where's the show?
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She was let off with a warning.
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Even as the funeral took place, guerrillas hidden nearby fired/let off a fresh volley of machine-gun fire.
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He was easing a woven basketlike structure from the waters of an inlet off the main part of the small lake in the centre of the marsh.
Timegod's World
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For many if not most bloggers, their blog is at times an outlet for grumbles, gripes and general complaints about their lot in life - a release valve, somewhere they can let off steam.
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They had hoped to let off some steam after also putting in long stints of promo work.
The Sun
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They were a teacher's only refuge: a place to let off steam or have a crafty cigarette between lessons.
Times, Sunday Times
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Egan wasn't going to let this cant stand, and got up in the Adjournment Debate to let off a few barrels at the hot and bothered Greens, who had thought that their John Kaye was a dead cert for the Senate.
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The players have battered one another and let off steam.
Times, Sunday Times
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People who dislike his mullet offend him.
The Sun
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One of his men pushed Boris's corpse back into the current, and as it floated away he unstung his AK rifle from his shoulder and let off a burst of automatic fire.
The Seventh Scroll
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Instead of a prison sentence they were let off with a fine.
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It's already here as it deliciously unfolds by way of singers Sally Mayes (whose 1989 Broadway bow was in Welcome to the Club), Lillias White (who won her Tony in the Coleman-Gasman The Life) and Rachel York (who let off steam heat in City of Angels) as well as Daniel Burnham (who has an undeniable affinity for the coolth flowing through Coleman's work).
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Take up meditation and yoga so there is minimal steam to let off.
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He then swallowed the tablet offered to him.
The Passion of Michel Foucault
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A third are either let off with a conditional discharge or given a paltry fine.
The Sun
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Not for the first time this year, Seles had been let off with a mere slap on the wrist.
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The world's biggest stink bomb has just been let off in the car!
Times, Sunday Times
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This train stops to let off passengers on signal.
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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.
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Not for the first time this year, Seles had been let off with a mere slap on the wrist.
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He was let off on 47 while trying to sweep Singh, but Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly failed to judge the skyer at mid-wicket.
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Those with a higher metabolism tend to exercise and let off steam more often.
The Sun
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Sadly, Adam is let off the leash in the second half and everything goes downhill, but not before the movie has delivered big laughs.
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Husband and wife duly appeared in court together and again he was let off with a warning.
Behind Closed Doors - advice for families with violence in the home
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This let off gave Crettyard some breathing space and a confident Mark Kelly clattered the Monasterevin bar with a thunderbolt shot on 32 minutes.
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Husband and wife duly appeared in court together and again he was let off with a warning.
Behind Closed Doors - advice for families with violence in the home
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He let off steam by yelling at a clerk.
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There were lefties up in arms that the “hacker” (hacker defined as unauthorized accessor of an account not belonging to the accessor) was even being prosecuted as they called it a “politicized attempt at giving Palin more rights than other individuals before the law,” and that person who did it should be let off with a warning rather than this harsh trial and jail time.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is Sarah Palin a “Victim” of Computer Hacking
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Every few minutes someone would let off another thunderflash, presumably to check that the blessing was working!!
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They were let off with a stern warning.
Times, Sunday Times
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I think it stems from a compulsion to overshare, entertain and let off steam.
The Sun
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A resident of his neighbourhood had let off fireworks to celebrate the Revolution.
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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.
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But insurance firms have been let off the hook over automatic policy renewals.
The Sun
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When soldiers surrounded the house, Mr Shwairah let off eight bursts of gunfire, seriously wounding one of the soldiers.
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Two minutes later Simon Rea was unfortunate to see the ball cross the square with the goalie gone and still the ball didn't go into the Monaghan net, a mighty let off for the northerners.
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He let off steam by yelling at a clerk.
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One boy had let off a firework in class.
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The intelligence apparatus was let off the leash and told to get ‘results,’ which it has been doing with extraordinary relish.
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He then swallowed the tablet offered to him.
The Passion of Michel Foucault
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A resident of his neighbourhood had let off fireworks to celebrate the Revolution.
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This year will be the last Guy Fawkes day when people can let off crackers, rockets, Catherine wheels and the like.
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We had a send-off for them at the weekend and let off Chinese lanterns in their honour.
Times, Sunday Times
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Yet a real villain walks free with a suspended sentence over a huge cannabis stash and is let off over the illegal gun.
The Sun