Example sentences of "to save [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had to be faced , they were a selfish pair , and she had no intention of upsetting Agnes 's comfort , or her own , to save them a few pennies . |
| 2 | At the base of a steep crack we drape our possessions on these to save them a wetting and balance out of and into different footwear . |
| 3 | It is to save them the need to refer to the very foundations of morality and practical reasoning generally in every case . |
| 4 | If I have a shade card for that particular yarn I write the tension on that too , to save me the bother of knitting another tension swatch when I next come to use the yarn . |
| 5 | It was also possible for fearful accidents to occur to a driller who decided to save himself a few inches by using the bottom of an exploded shot-hole . |
| 6 | As his hand came to her arm she lashed out at him and he caught her close to save himself the trouble of subduing her in any other way . |
| 7 | I 'll keep the coffee hot and try to save you a biscuit or two . |
| 8 | To save you the mental arithmetic , that means you can buy the XT2500 for a limited period for only £12.95 , including VAT , postage and packing . |
| 9 | He killed Lily to save her the pain of taking her own life , he had told police . |
| 10 | He would do anything to save her the slightest inconvenience . |
| 11 | Jacqui gurgled something incomprehensible , as Kattina 's tongue shot into her mouth to save her the embarrassment of replying . |
| 12 | He loved her , and wished to save her the frightful inroads of Anglo-Saxon activity , and hated her hat . |
| 13 | It 's eleven years since he died , but Howard recognizes his voice at once , and is able to save him the embarrassment of deciding whether to say , ‘ This is your father , ’ or , ‘ This is Laurence , ’ or , ‘ This is your Dad . ’ |
| 14 | Our school was evacuated to Hadlow Down in Sussex , just about where the German bombers used to off-load their bombs to save themselves the trouble of having to go all the way to London . |
| 15 | ‘ Are you going to save us an awful lot of time and trouble , sir , or are you determined to burden the taxpayer further ? ’ |