Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] a [noun] off " in BNC.
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1 | And one of them has had a day off . |
2 | I 'd taken a year off just before I found out I was pregnant , because I 'd badly needed a break and then I could n't work looking fat . |
3 | ‘ I was so sick , I had to take a day off . |
4 | to be with my friends although they let me sit with me friends so they 're good really so I 'm hoping that I should be able to get back on a Wednesday because er , that 's the only day really I can go , I go to Barn Mead on a Thursday as a rule you see , but yesterday I had to have a day off to go out , I had an invite out |
5 | I had taken a day off from my work , and I was doing a little gentle fishing in a river near Leithen 's house . |
6 | it do n't feel like Friday today probably cos I 've had a day off |
7 | ‘ I 've taken a day off and I 've changed my shift . ’ |
8 | Yeah , I 've got a week off . |
9 | Hope to get you back to school on Monday , it seems awful if you 've had a week off and then your not well . |
10 | Anyway , you 've had a week off . |
11 | You 've got a day off of work , a day , and a day off . |
12 | Oh right , so you 've got a day off in between have you ? |
13 | I remember Glyn and the kids were very young I think some of the were born in Blaenau erm and they were dismantling an old quarry at there his brother W R from Harlech had bought it usa like a machinery merchant and Glyn then borrowed a lot of tools off me for dismantling it then we started we we 'd done a lot off and on together we 'd been in er I enjoyed working with him , he was the type of man very hard worker himself but he wanted his pound of flesh . |
14 | I think in truth erm er we 'd taken a weekend off and er to go to Venice , there was a big er art exhibition on and Anne wanted to see that . |
15 | Cos what 's , well what 's quite good is you do a week and then we 've got , it 's our half term so we 've got a week off . |
16 | Two weeks ' time , we 've got a week off . |
17 | In the small grease-laden kitchen the dishes they 'd eaten a meal off were in the sink . |
18 | United Airlines and American Airlines I 've been told are n't really all that good to fly with , mate of ours went up to the airport to pick his parents up , they just got back from a holiday in and er they flew and a , on a seven hour journey , where ever it was they come from , they did n't have any food , no food , nothing , what they done is they , they , they 'd taken a container off , but they had n't put a new one on . |
19 | He'd' 've had really , well this is the he goes back on Monday and he 've had a month off been off for a month . |
20 | He said he 's had a day off ! |
21 | He 's had a day off or summat but , you know , but |
22 | I have known him to come home he 's had a weekend off with a kitbag full of fish , beautiful fish he used to bring home cos no sooner on the train and right home |