By the time she was free from her duties, everyone had gone to church.

"Major, I want to thank you for taking the time from your duties to come and talk with me."

"I would never take time from duty to work on a personal project such as this."

No one else even looked up from his or her duties.

It would just take too much time from its more important duties.

"Will it cause you any problem to be away from your duties that long?"

He was released from duty only in 1964, at the age of 80.

However, he was released from duty after only four weeks.

For the past month, Harry had been free from duty.

He was expected to be released from duties in 2005.