Example sentences of "[vb infin] save [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those that like the Macintosh System love it : those that do n't like it detest the idea of that mass of graphical software between them and their applications , between them and the processor : like the nervous flyer , they hate the feeling that they are not in control , that if something goes wrong , there is absolutely nothing they can do to save themselves . |
| 2 | There was nothing she could do to save herself . |
| 3 | To think they could have saved themselves the worry . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 … |
| 6 | ‘ I could have saved myself that fee . ’ |
| 7 | I could have saved myself the trouble . |
| 8 | If that 's what you 've been looking for you could have saved yourself the trouble . |
| 9 | You might have saved yourself the bother . ’ |
| 10 | If you 'd told me this in the make-up room when you came to have your hair cut , you 'd have saved yourself a needless journey . |
| 11 | ‘ So you could have saved yourself half an hour by going there . ’ |
| 12 | Prime Minister John Major could have saved himself a lot of trouble if he had followed that advice over David Mellor , the former Heritage Minister . |
| 13 | Ipuky might have saved himself , but at no one else 's expense . |
| 14 | Er , if only Darwin had opened it , Darwin would have saved himself an , all , load of old trouble . |
| 15 | However , had the hiccup in the company 's meteoric rise to the top of the fine chemicals tree come a little sooner Mr Lines would probably have saved himself around £100,000 the personal cost of founding three academic chairs at the Poly . |
| 16 | So he could have saved himself but he did n't want to . |
| 17 | We could have saved ourselves so much time and grief . |
| 18 | ‘ What a deal of nuisance we could all have saved ourselves , ’ remarked Carnelian 's voice . |
| 19 | She must have saved herself about thirty pounds a week having you there , because she used to pay her neighbour to look after the two children for her while she was out at work . ’ |
| 20 | Then she would have saved herself a lot of grief . |
| 21 | If you 'd left well alone and not tried to see the child you 'd 'ave saved yerself a lot of heartache . |