Example sentences of "to save [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , I suppose it was on the floor somewhere , in a pub where I was tryin' to sell some violets to save meself from real starvation . |
| 2 | On another occasion he bravely went on to the roof to assess the wind damage to his television aerial but slipped and just managed to save himself by clinging to the guttering — not however , before dislodging a slate which bulleted downward and sliced its way effortlessly into the bonnet of his neighbour 's brand new car to form a kind of dorsal fin . |
| 3 | ‘ He put his foot between the two bottom rungs of the ladder and then caught at the upright to save himself from staggering . |
| 4 | He only managed to save himself from falling into the sea by putting one foot on either side of the doorway . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , breaking apart like a toppling chimneystack , its body collapsed and felled another , which threw up an arm as it went down , as if thinking to save itself by grabbing hold of one of its remaining upright companions . |
| 7 | To save itself from being swamped in data , Visa dumps its records after only six months ’ ( The Economist , 18.9.93 : 120 ) . |
| 8 | She had denied everything , but , as Lori must have known , she had n't been able to save herself by denouncing her cousin . |
| 9 | Perhaps it had been crazy , but loyalty to her aunt and uncle had made it impossible to save herself by telling the truth . |
| 10 | Despite her determination to be happy , she still suffered from chaotic dreams , and quickly plunged into everyday activity to save herself from the terrors of her own mind . |
| 11 | Defries ducked , fell , threw out her arms to save herself from falling off the girder . |
| 12 | " Combining mystery with history " : this was a phrase I invented ( or perhaps inadvertently cribbed ) for the blurb of the first novel I wrote under the pseudonym of Evelyn Hervey , The Governess , a story in which Miss Harriet Unwin in her first post as a governess in 1870s London finds herself accused of murder and has to pinpoint the real killer to save herself from the Old Bailey . |
| 13 | Bobo ran to the back of her cage and Fifi had to scamper out of the way to save herself from being trampled , and then Bobo was storming back with a handful of straw and dung which she hurled at Donaldson before slamming herself into the bars and screaming loudly as they shook . |
| 14 | ‘ No disrespect to you , Marge , but I want to save myself for when I get married . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | In the end , just to save myself from socking him one , I had to pretend I 'd been using the term ironically . |
| 17 | I supposed that I ought to have brought the Ghost down too , but the priority had been to save myself from what seemed like imminent electrocution . |
| 18 | Not to save myself from your anger , or my body from whatever punishment you may choose to inflict on it . |
| 19 | By 1663 real problems were already apparent , and in 1673 , four years before Vermuyden died , mighty floods inundated the Fens , forcing the inhabitants ‘ to save themselves in boats ’ . |
| 20 | Their minds reeled , sickness churned as they struggled to save themselves from injury . |
| 21 | His early history was not revealed , but when he arrived at his new home he was hostile , aggressive , and even savage ; and people were forced to take to their own heels to save themselves from his ! |
| 22 | The Labour Party 's environment spokesman , Dr David Clark , described the government 's decision as ‘ a squalid attempt to save themselves from electoral embarrassment ’ . |
| 23 | Detailed police forensic work uncovered how the two young women — best friends on a holiday together — fought frantically to save themselves from slaughter . |
| 24 | They came out of the East End to save the charts from unrebellious tat and to save themselves from a life in and out of prison . |
| 25 | As the troubadour Pous de Capdeuil put it , " What more can kings desire than the right to save themselves from hell-fire by mighty deeds of arms ? " |
| 26 | Swindon Town 's run of success nearly came to a stop at Luton on Wednesday night … you must have heard that favourite football cliche about there never being an easy game … it was one of those for Town … they missed Glenn Hoddle 's influence and never settled against a Luton side that need the points just as badly to save themselves from relegation … |
| 27 | only two matches left of rugby union 's league season and Gloucester need to win at least one of them to save themselves from relegation … on saturday they went down to Orrell at Kingsholm … the score 8-13 |
| 28 | Compulsory Greek , we all agree , is indispensable for the upkeep of an empire ; but is compulsory Latin necessary to save oneself from an empire ? |