1.   I could take the afternoon off from work as sick leave.

2.   We are very fortunate that Peggy Spencer has agreed to take the afternoon herself.

3.   I took the afternoon off to see Ireland illustrate just why Man City are a pile of shite, and then the agony of the evening.

4.   How about taking an afternoon off next week and driving over with me to have a look round?

5.   Today men from the Thames Valley force took the afternoon off to join a national protest in London.

6.   Andrew Saxton, a champion weightlifter and major medal hope for Britain, was obviously upset when he emerged to protest his innocence against drug taking this afternoon.

7.   Twenty minutes was the time allocated for lunch and then the afternoon was taken up with being fitted with a uniform.

8.   Before I got sick, that would have taken an afternoon.

9.   Afternoons are taken up with auctions or antique malls.