Example sentences of "save [pron] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernice had tried to explain to her android companion about the man who had saved her from drowning in the quicksand . |
| 2 | He had managed to dislodge the noose from his neck and save himself by jumping into the freezing water below . |
| 3 | Two of them were wearing navy-blue men 's overcoats that must have been the crew 's , holding the ends carefully to save them from trailing on the stairs . |
| 4 | On another occasion he bravely went on to the roof to assess the wind damage to his television aerial but slipped and just managed to save himself by clinging to the guttering — not however , before dislodging a slate which bulleted downward and sliced its way effortlessly into the bonnet of his neighbour 's brand new car to form a kind of dorsal fin . |
| 5 | He only managed to save himself from falling into the sea by putting one foot on either side of the doorway . |
| 6 | Defries ducked , fell , threw out her arms to save herself from falling off the girder . |
| 7 | I can see that I 'm going to have to expel as many of you as possible as soon as possible to save myself from going round the bend . ’ |
| 8 | By the testimonies of such as rugby 's Gareth Chilcott and boxing 's Frank Bruno , to name but two of many who have acknowledged how sport saved them from going off the rails as youngsters , it can claim an increasingly influential niche in society . |
| 9 | Mr Deacon saved himself by running through the inferno to get to the staircase and outside . |
| 10 | He clung to a tree root until his cousin saved him from slipping into the abyss , |
| 11 | Firefighters cut the man free as ambulance workers saved him from drowning after the accident in Teesdale . |
| 12 | McQueen was accompanied on location by Ali MacGraw , whom he had met on The Getaway , and whose presence he admitted saved him from going round the bend . |
| 13 | Only the sudden arrival of three new boarders saved her from succumbing to the terror which filled her . |