Example sentences of "to defend myself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was n't able to defend myself at all , I was just wanting to get it over with . ’ |
| 2 | I have really bad nightmares of someone pursuing me , or a really big landslide coming down on me , and I race out of my bed and run , run far away and find something to defend myself with , like a candelabra or a bottle . |
| 3 | I flung the sporting pistol I had looted on to the back seat , relieved to think I would never have to defend myself with it . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't have to defend myself to you , or explain myself , especially when you 've just said that the truth is irrelevant ! ’ |
| 5 | But he said : ‘ Even if I had been in Austria longer , I would still be able to defend myself against the outrageous charges of behaving like a war criminal — a charge made against no one else . ’ |
| 6 | Second , the specificity of who it is safe to love is related to the ‘ me in you ’ : ‘ I love someone who reflects part of myself , sometimes a hidden or unacknowledged part of myself ; I feel good with a you who either shares my feelings , expresses them for me or helps me to defend myself against them . ’ |
| 7 | I just tried to defend myself from the blows . ’ |