Example sentences of "save [pron] life " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Thank you for saving my life , ’ Nell heard herself saying . |
2 | I was scheduled to be a member of that crew and had been issued with my kit , overseas bag etc and was delighted to have been chosen for the ‘ jolly ’ , but someone ‘ pulled rank ’ and took my place , thus saving my life and losing his . |
3 | My next thought , since saving my life 's work was out of the question , was for a pair of underpants in the probable event that I would shortly find myself in public . |
4 | I really wanted to thank the little guy for saving my life , but I have a hard-bitten image to keep up . |
5 | ‘ Thanks for saving my life , Liz . ’ |
6 | ‘ And I appreciate you saving my life . |
7 | You 've saved my life ! |
8 | Why , you 've saved my life . |
9 | The people who had saved my life were my close relations ! |
10 | I do n't know who you are and I ca n't understand what you 're trying to tell me , but you have a very beautiful telephone voice , and I believe you have saved my life … |
11 | Since you 've already saved my life once , I 'm sure I 'm quite safe ! ’ she retorted at last . |
12 | ‘ How many times have you saved my life ? ’ |
13 | Since I ride a bicycle to work every day this fact has quite probably saved my life . |
14 | You 've saved my life ! |
15 | Biggs immediately went to the rescue , and pulled both men to the shore , successfully saving their lives . |
16 | If you donate your valves , you could be saving their lives . |
17 | He has done his best , as have other surgeons and doctors at the hospital , to persuade the mother that the only means of saving her life , and also I emphasise the life of her unborn child , is to carry out a Caesarean section operation . |
18 | But the coroner told their parents that correct fitting still would n't have saved their lives . |
19 | He said the captain who had been in command of the patrol had been correct to order his men to fire and doing so had probably saved their lives . |
20 | The corporation thinks that , by selling its soul to Chris and John , it 's saved its life , but it has n't : the Tories will stuff the Beeb like they stuffed the Notts miners . |
21 | The miracle , which might have saved her life and converted the heathen , was not granted . |
22 | Last night an ambulanceman told how her colleagues may have saved her life by staunching the flow . |
23 | Rescuers who took the girl to hospital said Lance 's quick thinking had saved her life . |
24 | Police spokesman Graeme Jarvis commented she was very , very lucky and added that woollen clothing and wet-weather gear had probably saved her life . |
25 | But it was as if her grandson had saved her life with his gift . |
26 | It could have saved her life ! ’ |
27 | She sometimes thought it had saved her life as it had undoubtedly saved Camille 's . |
28 | It was odd to have to think of him as someone who had saved her life . |
29 | One of the doctors reckoned that the fact that she had not fought against the attack but handed the outcome over to God could well have saved her life . |
30 | If she were n't so tired she would be angry with him , except that it was difficult to remain angry with a man who had saved her life . |