Example sentences of "save [pn reflx] from " in BNC.
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| 31 | He saved himself from the sack a dozen times . |
| 32 | Martha saved herself from relegation to a junior class by reciting the whole of Psalm 103 , one of Nana 's favourites , in morning assembly ; after this feat her teacher had a long conversation above her head with her mother , and began to come to their house on Saturdays to give her extra lessons . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | I only saved myself from falling by clutching at the arm of the oak settle . |
| 35 | He saves himself from inconsistency by criticism , in each case , of the harsh rule of a son and successor ( Thrasydaios at Akragas and Deinomenes at Syracuse ) ; but as with the fall of the tyrannies of old Greece there are deeper causes . |