Example sentences of "save themselves [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Quite often people do n't need a computer , what they need is a slightly different manual system , and I tell them that quite often , they 're very , very pleased , they think they 've saved themselves two or three thousand pounds at least . |
2 | If the owners of these detectors had only checked the batteries or battery fittings , they would have saved themselves postal costs and would have also avoided the inconvenience of being without their detectors for several weeks . |
3 | Warships , pleasure boats , container ships — Britain 's royal yacht Britannia was due some days later — all saving themselves 8,000 miles and three weeks of sailing round the Horn . |
4 | By awarding themselves hefty Christmas bonuses now they will be able to pay tax on the extra money at the current rate and save themselves thousands of pounds . |
5 | A study of nine top insurance companies shows the average family will have to pay 19pc more this year and highlights wide variations in quoted premiums with homeowners being able to save themselves hundreds of pounds by shopping around . |
6 | ‘ If only Jimmy Knapp and his union colleagues had taken the time to read our manifesto , they would have realised this and saved themselves undoubted embarrassment . ’ |
7 | Rather than reinventing the ‘ virtual classroom ’ , may I suggest the staff at Teesside Poly could have contacted CECOMM and availed themselves of our tutor-moderated training programme , and in the process saved themselves considerable time and angst . |