1.   Dan wanted to ask his boss for a day off but he lost his nerve at the last minute.

2.   I do believe a couple of days off helped some other parts of my body which were aching.

3.   In practice, the student will necessarily miss some continuity because of days off and night duty.

4.   It is not frightening, I guess, but not the most pleasant thing you could do on your day off.

5.   It took some doing, but I finally persuaded Jim to give me a few more days off.

6.   Read in studio A promotion-chasing football team has taken the day off from a hectic training schedule to record a pop song.

7.   She never Married or went anywhere even on her days off.

8.   She pretended to be ill and took a day off work.