Example sentences of "[v-ing] him from [art] " in BNC.

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1 When Willis came out , England were 197 ahead with 151 minutes and twenty overs left and there can not have been many who doubted West Indies would win , but with Willis lunging his left leg forward and Willey protecting him from the strike as much as possible , they began to put together a remarkable stand .
2 He realized it was shielding him , protecting him from the gunfire .
3 It is also possible to see Baker as a ‘ lightning rod ’ for the president , protecting him from the ire of conservative ideologues who , by definition , would never be satisfied with less than the whole loaf .
4 Today 's run in a handicap is a step up in class , but David Chapman , who trains at Stillington , North Yorkshire , has clearly brought about a change in the colt 's attitude since acquiring him from a Lambourn yard just two months ago .
5 He reinvested in his father 's stud in Ireland , and brought in Jack Dwyer , the best trainer in the country , poaching him from the stables of his mother 's old friend , Hugh Westminster , without a qualm .
6 But with an ocean buffering him from the worst of the raging debate about his future , he is showing no signs of cracking .
7 But with an ocean buffering him from the worst of the raging debate about his future , he is showing no signs of cracking .
8 It was gone in a trice , saving him from a terrible thrashing or many long hours standing in disgrace .
9 DAVE BASSETT last night thanked old pal Bobby Gould for saving him from a possible FA rap .
10 LITTLE Miss Bossy Emma Gardner keeps a firm grip on her brother after saving him from the clutches of a child abductor .
11 IPSWICH TOWN general-manager John Lyall will thank Terry Venables tomorrow for saving him from the wilderness .
12 A DUBLIN-BASED policeman has won a legal battle to prevent the Garda Commissioner from dismissing him from the force for allegedly offering a prostitute IR£30 for sex .
13 Absolutely , ’ he said , hooking an arm around the man 's shoulders and leading him from the porch .
14 In his portrayed public image , Hitler was able to offer a positive pole in the Third Reich , transcending sectional interests and grievances through the overriding ideal of national unity , made possible through his necessary aloofness from the ‘ conflict sphere ’ of daily politics , separating him from the more unpopular aspects of Nazism .
15 Then , there was a mile of deep treacherous water separating him from the Forest of Dean .
16 Perhaps he walks on the right side , with just the metal grid fence separating him from the rolling fields of graves — in no hurry , since there is no class for him to make .
17 A male is caged on one side of a barrier separating him from the females in the same cage for 2 days .
18 Harbour , having scanned the field for Geoffrey — he had some notion of rushing him from the rear and felling him with a rabbit-chop — ran off to compare notes with Dotty and the others .
19 Valerie Eliot was also his protector — as a secretary she had for a long time been organizing his daily life and guarding him from the world , and it was probably the calm assurance of her presence which first drew him towards her .
20 shielding him from the cop .
21 His father had been shielding him from the stones coming through .
22 We 'd been feeding him from the hand like , oh .
23 He looked at Bernard , frowned , then glanced round sharply when he heard someone calling him from the end of the counter .
24 We sat facing him from the customer 's end of a leather-topped desk .
25 We have done our best to protect her ; we ensured she would not see the baby at birth , removing him from the Maternity Unit as soon as he was delivered .
26 But social services decided they did not have sufficient information to justify removing him from the Roberts ' care .
27 But social services decided they did not have sufficient information to justify removing him from the Roberts ' care .
28 Magee tore open the driver 's door , grabbing the man by the shoulder , hauling him from the cab .
29 He credits Gwen and the Lovejoy series for rescuing him from a wasted life of bed-hopping , booze and drugs .
30 Because if we turn back , said her mind , then you will be going away from Nuadu , you will be losing what might be the only chance of rescuing him from the Robemaker .
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