The phrase "getting some respite" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to taking a break or relief from something challenging or stressful.
Example: "After a long week of work, I look forward to getting some respite during the weekend."
Alternatives: "taking a break" or "finding relief".
Miliband himself was at his mother's house in north London with his wife and children, getting some respite after his own party conference.
This is what sector leaders have been forecasting and why, as they gather in Bournemouth for this week's annual National Children and Adult Services (NCAS) conference, all their hopes are pinned on getting some respite from a relentless diet of cuts when the outcome of the government spending review emerges next month.
With that as a bridge, Greek officials would then try to renegotiate payment of Greek sovereign bond debt, perhaps by extending payments, only paying interest and getting some respite on the budget surplus it is expected to run.
I sidled up to a tree trunk and got some respite from the falling water.
Long-termers routinely request a few weeks "in the block", just to get some respite from the madness.
It is no different at Christmas but I did manage to get some respite from the rigours of training.
But insofar as David Cameron manages to get some respite from the madness, he should introduce a strategy to enhance the City of London as Europe's financial center.
Recently, Mr. Ismaan moved here to Nairobi to get some respite from the constant anxiety that accompanied his work as a reporter in Mogadishu.
Maybe if they could just stop all this "being gay" business for 10 minutes, you'd get some respite from that scary headcock.
He denied involvement in the sale of the water company but admitted pocketing a £1m in a consulting agreement.Europe's struggling mobile-phone operators are likely to get some respite from the European Commission.
They will get some respite from new South Korean fuel economy and carbon-emission standards and be allowed to export up to 25,000 vehicles that don't meet South Korean safety standards as long as they meet American ones.
