Example sentences of "saved [pron] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I hear some of you saying this : ‘ Jesus saved me from my sins by taking my burdens himself ; he came to this earth to save me and to redeem me . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He saved me from a fate worse than death , and it was all over so quick I never did get the chance to thank him properly . ’ |
| 3 | There were three factors which saved me from becoming anorexic at this dangerous juncture . |
| 4 | However — although these contortions saved me from the worse excesses of daily racism , my face kept giving me away . |
| 5 | TV SHOW SAVED ME FROM KILLER BEE STING |
| 6 | During my stay in her country we were always together , and she saved me from many dangerous situations . |
| 7 | You know what you saved me from by that crazy thing you did today ? |
| 8 | His loving care saved me from death . |
| 9 | You had made me , but why had you not looked after me , and saved me from this pain and unhappiness ? |
| 10 | Towards the end of my Baghdad tour I had regular tussles with the group captain in friendly games of tennis , but I was never able to take a set off him , which never surprised me since he was more or less the permanent Inter-Services Tennis Champion in the UK , ( Oddly enough , Jackie Hunter was my station commander early in the war and saved me from the wrath of my Air Officer Commanding — " Maori " Coningham — when I brought my bombs back when everyone else had " found the target " , but this was before the days of the night camera . ) |
| 11 | ‘ I always felt as if you rode in on a white charger and saved me from my loneliness . |
| 12 | How many banal and clumsy , weak and foolish artists have justified their work as that which saved them from despair . |
| 13 | By the testimonies of such as rugby 's Gareth Chilcott and boxing 's Frank Bruno , to name but two of many who have acknowledged how sport saved them from going off the rails as youngsters , it can claim an increasingly influential niche in society . |
| 14 | Her cheek pressed flat between his shoulders , Mariana clung to Trent as if it was only her strength that saved them from disintegration . |
| 15 | When it seemed impossible to sink any lower , the team rose to the challenge and sputtered their way through a pitiful draw with Iran , in which an own goal saved them from defeat . |
| 16 | The opposition quickly lost four wickets with only eight runs on the board but fading light saved them from defeat . |
| 17 | Their forced accommodation to the existence of a wide range of non-genetic categories saved them from being solely associated with such a negative approach . |
| 18 | The French suffered enormous casualties , including Ring John of Bohemia , the Duke of Lorraine and the Counts of Blois and Flanders , and Froissart suggests that only Edward 's decision not to pursue the remnants of the French forces saved them from even more serious losses . |
| 19 | He had done just that ; lived with them , and saved them from a doom and a captivity worse than that which gripped their forefathers in Pharaoh 's Egypt . |
| 20 | Robert Dunlop 's performance certainly lifted the Euro races onto a different level , and Jeremy McWilliams ' full-blooded riding in the Superbike races saved them from becoming a nonentity . |
| 21 | And they ca n't rely on goal difference , which saved them from Third Division football in 1938 . |
| 22 | And they ca n't rely on goal difference , which saved them from Third Division football in 1938 . |
| 23 | The relentless lobbying and visits from Church emissaries had highlighted the plight of Malawian activists and saved them from summary execution . |
| 24 | A last-minute goal from Billy Herd gave Cowdenbeath a 1-1 draw with Stirling Albion and saved them from relegation for a least a week . |
| 25 | The mummy tripped over his legs , and only saved himself from falling by grabbing one of the row of dangling blackjacks above the seats . |
| 26 | He saved himself from the sack a dozen times . |
| 27 | Gabriel and I saved you from falling into your own image , if you could only see . |
| 28 | He saved you from the clutches of that greasy little man by carrying you off to that back room — ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |