It was also to get our mind off it because it was a really difficult time.

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Writing the book was a way to get her mind off her captivity.

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Perhaps you need a snack to get your mind off of the speeder who just passed you on the right.

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Get them off your mind.

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"We are all disappointed with what happened, me especially, but games take your mind off things and get you going again, " Hoskins told BBC Bristol.

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This is the very opposite of what Gillibrand has in mind when she calls for more women to get off the sidelines.

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Keep in mind, too, that when auto sales get off that 12 million bottom and return to a more normal 16 or 17 million units a year, manufactures will need to produce an additional 4 or 5 million vehicles.

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