Example sentences of "protect [pn reflx] from [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And while they recognise the threat of this killer disease they are still faced with the dilemma of physically protecting themselves from it . |
| 2 | It was almost as though he was trying to erect walls around his heart to protect himself from his softer feelings . |
| 3 | He followed her , howling and swearing , so that Teresa , who had come out of the kitchen at the tremendous noise , cowered against the door and put up her arms to protect herself from what she believed would be an attack . |
| 4 | But the practice market has collapsed and some less fortunate firms are being forced into entering individual voluntary arrangements ( IVAs ) to protect themselves from their creditors while trying to straighten out their finances . |
| 5 | Rachel even thought of going down to Phoebe 's bed room and using her phone to reassure the outside world , and protect themselves from its invasion . |
| 6 | The mercantilist , bureaucratic Peruvian government — and by extension , that of many Third World countries — has created a subtle system of economic apartheid , where the poor are legally kept from any upward social mobility while the rich legally protect themselves from anything that threatens their social standing . |