Sentence examples for dig to save from inspiring English sources

"But when he realized that a fellow officer was still covered with the rubble, still inside, he returned through the rubble, through the same tunnel that he helped dig, to save a comrade, to save a brother.

I wasn't digging to save anybody.

The people... may have moved more earth and stone [in recent years] to reshape the surface of their land than the Egyptians during thousands of years to build the pyramids," says Reij. "In the early 1990s every able-bodied villager in Tigray had to contribute three months of labour to dig pits to save water, or to construct terraces and bunds to stop water rushing off the hills.

But momentum was firmly with Tsonga and Wawrinka, who had treatment to a blister on the middle finger of his right hand early in the set, had to dig deep to save two break points in each of his first two service games.

Answering questions about whether his government was prepared to dig deep to save the eurozone from destruction, he said Berlin would insist on stringent conditions in exchange for financial help: "You can't just hand over your chequebook and let somebody else spend your money".

"It is now or never for local businesses and supporters to dig deep to save Wrexham Football Club," he said.

Nadal is almost unable to compete, although he can't rid himself of his true nature, digging in to save the first with a clever volley.

She dug in to save more break points and get on the board in the third game, and Li's struggles on serve eventually cost her as Cibulkova levelled at 3-3.

Then Federer takes control with a backhand which allows him to finish a point with a volley to earn a FIFTH break point - and Murray digs deep to save it with a smash!

The third set produced the best tennis of the match as Djokovic dug deep to save break points in the first and fifth games before setting up a break point of his own at 4-4. "I thought when I missed my chance early on in the third I might pay for it dearly," Federer said.

But Murray dug deep to save them all and that proved the turning point, Ito flicking a forehand long to fall 6-5 behind.