Example sentences of "[verb] to protect [pers pn] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am presently endeavouring to protect you from a race that considers all human life to be a dangerous , parasitic infection . |
| 2 | In some of the more remote parishes , sculptures and carvings escaped the attentions of the iconoclasts , and elsewhere ornamental features such as carved fonts were boarded over and plastered to protect them from the commissioners . |
| 3 | I adopted a pose of cynicism — armour designed to protect me from ever feeling vulnerable again . ’ |
| 4 | The police , who routinely bend the rules in black areas , portray the youth of Brixton as doing the same , acting as if they were ‘ above the law ’ because of special measures designed to protect them from the consequences of their illegal actions — a fairly apt description of the police 's own position until very recently . |
| 5 | This is the outer layer of the tent designed to protect you from the elements , usually wind and rain , but it could also be from heat . |
| 6 | It is a difficult process , since it has to be directed against one 's mental processes , which are designed to protect us from an alien world . |
| 7 | I 'm not saying I condone it , ’ he interpreted her look , ‘ but at the moment maybe it 's all she has to protect her from feelings of inadequacy . ’ |
| 8 | But unfortunately , in our wish to be protective , we actually create the harm we seek to protect them from . |
| 9 | Stephanie watched Daniel , wanting to protect him from Marcus . |
| 10 | I 've got to protect you from hurt . |
| 11 | They are one of the first candidates for food irradiation , which will replace the chemicals that are used to protect them from pests during storage . |
| 12 | This pipe is usually a 25mm ( 1in ) diameter steel pipe , wrapped with special tape to protect it from rusting , and buried to protect it from frost . |
| 13 | It is reasonably hardwearing but it lacks the springiness and suppleness of wool ; consequently , silk rugs tend to retain any creases or scuffing in the pile , and far greater care is needed to protect them from damage . |
| 14 | If you have a hood over your hob or stove you should see that bulbs arc enclosed to protect them from spattered grease and heat . |
| 15 | A FORMER pupil of an Edinburgh school has started a £30,000 damages action after claiming staff failed to protect her from bullies . |
| 16 | But what evidence has emerged about dietary fibre certainly puts it among the ‘ good guys ’ , helping to protect us from heart disease , as opposed to the ‘ bad guys ’ like animal fats and smoking . |
| 17 | His mother sought to protect him from the usual customs such as summoning the relatives to his father 's bedside , but the trauma was nevertheless very deeply felt . |
| 18 | ‘ We do n't particularly want to protect him from infection . |
| 19 | Also , by failing to protect them from the sun , you may cause problems for your kids later . |
| 20 | It had been silly to think that she needed to protect him from the horror . |
| 21 | When passing on to them family news , which they are usually anxious to hear , remember that the time for leaning on them with your more serious troubles is now past ; so unless there is some inescapable reason for giving them bad news , try to protect them from it , for they will probably be worrying about it in isolation until your next visit . |
| 22 | This helps to protect them from starvation during the first week or two , when conditions may still be hard . |
| 23 | I looked wildly about me a hundred times , unable to think what to do ; then I threw my coat on over my nightdress , pulled woollen socks over the wool trousers I wore to protect me from the cold , and ran to the door , without listening to what his friend was trying to say to me . |
| 24 | Instead of letting industry fight to become internationally competitive , the Labour Government preferred to protect it from reality . |
| 25 | He had tried to protect her from what could be a nasty piece of family history , he reminded himself , and she had refused to be protected . |
| 26 | To think that for all these years I had tried to protect them from this very fate and I had n't even the pleasure of using them very often . |
| 27 | She justifies her response by saying that she is merely ‘ … trying to protect him from the rest of the class ; you know , children ( my emphasis ) can be so cruel ’ . |
| 28 | Does my hon. Friend agree that it would be wrong to keep uneconomic pits open by trying to protect them from competition from imported coal ? |
| 29 | ‘ Forget about Papa and trying to protect me from the truth . |
| 30 | I 'm sorry , ’ she apologised , her action in not leaving a note seeming poor thanks now that she knew he had only been trying to protect her from himself when he 'd called her clinging . |