Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] saved [pn reflx] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might have saved yourself the bother . ’ |
| 2 | I might have saved myself the trouble , as the family remained together for only a short time afterwards ; my sisters married , leaving only my mother and myself at home … |
| 3 | To think they could have saved themselves the worry . |
| 4 | I could have saved myself the trouble . |
| 5 | If that 's what you 've been looking for you could have saved yourself the trouble . |