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Nothing stirred over the vast expanse save a pair of ravens, which croaked loudly from a tor behind us.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

And as you value your life do not go across the moor in any direction save along the straight path which leads from Merripit House to the Grimpen Road, and is your natural way home.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

Save from what we heard, we cannot even swear to the existence of the latter, since Sir Henry has evidently died from the fall.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

That we should have heard his screams—my God, those screams!—and yet have been unable to save him!
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

There was no light save in the dining-room, but Holmes caught up the lamp and left no corner of the house unexplored.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

A guttering candle was stuck in a crevice of the rocks which flanked it on each side so as to keep the wind from it and also to prevent it from being visible, save in the direction of Baskerville Hall.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

If I could get his knowledge it might save me a long and weary hunt.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

They were the only signs of human life which I could see, save only those prehistoric huts which lay thickly upon the slopes of the hills.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

There was no trace, however, of anything of the kind, nor could I discover any sign which might indicate the character or intentions of the man who lived in this singular place, save that he must be of Spartan habits and cared little for the comforts of life.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

For half an hour I waited with every nerve on the alert, but there came no other sound save the chiming clock and the rustle of the ivy on the wall.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

I followed the footsteps down the yew alley, I saw the spot at the moor-gate where he seemed to have waited, I remarked the change in the shape of the prints after that point, I noted that there were no other footsteps save those of Barrymore on the soft gravel, and finally I carefully examined the body, which had not been touched until my arrival.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

A clever man upon so delicate an errand has no use for a beard save to conceal his features.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

“Look here, Barrymore,” said Sir Henry sternly, “we have made up our minds to have the truth out of you, so it will save you trouble to tell it sooner rather than later.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

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14 uses of ‘save’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle

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