Sentence examples for given a day off from inspiring English sources

Similarly, apple and berry growers voice fears that if their workers were given a day off during the harvest, much of the fruit would rot.

"Placement's everything sometimes," Teixeira said.... Manager Joe Girardi said Derek Jeter was given a day off because the Yankees are in a stretch of 17 games in a row.

The Philippine government, which increasingly depends on the $7 billion in remittances that come from overseas workers, has negotiated agreements with foreign governments that require that maids be given a day off per week.

Hadn't Melinda Camber, only that year, achieved a scholarship to Oxford and Cambridge both - a feat so unparalleled in the school's history that we were all given a day off, a privilege normally reserved for the death of royalty?

When Chamberlain was promoted in August, he was given a day off for every inning he threw.

Hundreds of students from various schools and universities in the Iranian capital were also given a day off to attend the rallies.

Valentine gave a day off to second baseman Edgardo Alfonzo, who has made several diving stops lately and has a bruised upper thigh.

"I like to play, but I think Joe's a great manager, because he knows when he's got to give a day off to a player," Soriano said of Joe Torre.

Turner wasn't in the middle of the lineup because Manager Don Mattingly wanted to give a day off to one of his best players.

"That's why he said we're going to give you a day off, but we don't want to give you a day off against the Mets.

Tell them you're giving them a day off, and make them an appointment at a spa.