Example sentences of "try protect [pron] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Try to protect yourself from interruptions — but if an interruption is unavoidable , do n't worry . |
| 2 | This eventually causes the death of one of the boys , as the gang try to protect themselves from being attacked by a rival gang — The Socs . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | ‘ Forget about Papa and trying to protect me from the truth . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She 's trying to protect you from your destiny , which is to be a half-caste in England . |