Example sentences of "save [pn reflx] from [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He put his foot between the two bottom rungs of the ladder and then caught at the upright to save himself from staggering . |
| 2 | The answer , we suggest , is that Wagner now represented precisely what Schopenhauer had been before : a lifeline to save himself from drowning in his professional specialization , as he went further and further out into it . |
| 3 | He only managed to save himself from falling into the sea by putting one foot on either side of the doorway . |
| 4 | Defries ducked , fell , threw out her arms to save herself from falling off the girder . |
| 5 | In the end , just to save myself from socking him one , I had to pretend I 'd been using the term ironically . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | The mummy tripped over his legs , and only saved himself from falling by grabbing one of the row of dangling blackjacks above the seats . |
| 8 | She saved herself from falling further by clutching at a branch with both hands and then drawing her feet up to safety on a big branch . |
| 9 | I only saved myself from falling by clutching at the arm of the oak settle . |