Example sentences of "save [pers pn] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've probably saved me from some kind of demonic sacrifice . |
| 2 | There were five boats moored to the shored-up bank , all with names beginning Duke , hung with bright blue fenders that had n't saved them from long scratches and stains . |
| 3 | These councils ' low-key approach had saved them from widespread media hostility , but it also meant that awareness of the funded projects was limited to those who were already , to some extent , part of lesbian and gay networks . |
| 4 | The other half of the club has a stage surrounded by white plastic tables and chairs , above which a blonde girl in a white body stocking was dangling from a rope , with only a ligature around her ankle saving her from crashing head first to the floor . |
| 5 | He loathed the sterile ritual of inspections , and this poor devil in his untimely end had saved him from that . |
| 6 | Please save me from wrong … |
| 7 | Save me from these murderers ! ’ |
| 8 | I got drunk on rhum by myself at the Rotonde and ran up and down the streets crying and ringing bells and saying ‘ Save me from this man ! ’ |
| 9 | Save me from this terrible place ! |
| 10 | When his solicitor had phoned to make the appointment , refusing to say why his client wished to see her , she had secretly prayed that fate might intervene and mercifully save her from this meeting . |
| 11 | Save it from that coarsening . |
| 12 | ‘ God save us from another war , ’ Mrs Sanderson murmured , a glance taking in her two sons . |
| 13 | The other advantages of a freezer are that it enables you to store food that can be brought out in an emergency when you have unexpected guests , or to store certain foods in bulk , such as bread , to save you from frequent trips to the shops . |
| 14 | In the hypothetical case of his son and daughter Gandhi would consider that he was acting out of moral considerations in taking his son 's life in order to save him from unnecessary suffering , and his daughter 's life in order to save her from the threat of violation . |
| 15 | One lady positively adored her little Chihuahua , Poco , for 15 years , but the time came when he was persistently ill and she knew that she had to save him from further suffering . |
| 16 | You know all the psychiatrists will tell you that comedy is a kind of biological mechanism to save us from all the things we fear most , death being one of the , you know , the most is just a spit away you see . |
| 17 | Two young , fit squaddies desperately need the help of any females from 16 to 55 to save us from this dull and boring existence- Please , please keep us from talking to the penguins any longer — write now ! |
| 18 | But you could not save me from those who want to harm me . |
| 19 | My neighbours , my friends , why did you not save me from this ? |
| 20 | During my stay in her country we were always together , and she saved me from many dangerous situations . |
| 21 | You had made me , but why had you not looked after me , and saved me from this pain and unhappiness ? |
| 22 | And they ca n't rely on goal difference , which saved them from Third Division football in 1938 . |
| 23 | And they ca n't rely on goal difference , which saved them from Third Division football in 1938 . |
| 24 | If you take the SIL Field Methods Course you will be taught to file and process your language materials on a computer , which can save you from many tedious tasks and which often produces more accurate results . |
| 25 | Even then , it was the desertion of allies , the failure of his Italian bankers , and the capture of ransomable kings which saved him from financial disaster . |
| 26 | Experts say the house windows ‘ cushioned ’ the impact and saved him from instant death . |
| 27 | He tells interviewer Melvyn Bragg in Sunday 's South Bank Show that acting was a therapy that saved him from self-destruction . |
| 28 | A pensioner 's training in the SAS saved him from serious injury when two men attacked him with a knife . |
| 29 | He had a kind of inbuilt guilt that saved him from most affairs , but also occasionally made a fool of him . |
| 30 | But there can be no real doubt that it was on medical advice that Law resigned , for he was advised that only a complete break would save him from total breakdown , and he was actually suffering from the disease that was to kill him in less than three years . |