| 1H4 V.iv.56 | [Prince Hal to King Henry, of leaving Douglas to kill the King] Which would have ... saved the treacherous labour of your son |
| 3H6 V.iv.11 | [Queen to all] the ship splits on the rock, / Which industry and courage might have saved |
| Cym V.iii.27 | [Posthumus to Lord, of the youths' words about the Britons' cowardice] you ... may save / But to look back in frown [i.e. you may avoid this charge by turning to face the enemy fiercely] |
| TC III.iii.241 | [Achilles to Patroclus, of Thersites' arrival] A labour saved! |
| Tim I.i.256 | [Alcibiades to Timon] you have saved my longing [i.e. enabled me to avoid it] |