Example sentences of "[v-ing] protect [pron] 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 | Stephanie watched Daniel , wanting to protect him from Marcus . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Also , by failing to protect them from the sun , you may cause problems for your kids later . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | ‘ Forget about Papa and trying to protect me from the truth . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She 's trying to protect you from your destiny , which is to be a half-caste in England . |
| 10 | Later the amnesia became a problem as large as the one it was meant to conceal Forgetting protects one from pain what at the same time prevents a knowing and understanding of the self . |