Example sentences of "to defend [pn reflx] from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neil responded by lifting the cane high , ready to defend himself from a man who he saw was bigger , and probably stronger , than himself . |
| 2 | Trying to defend himself from the verbal barrage , Col Mladenovic moved closer to his two bodyguards and said softly : ‘ You people left the Army . |
| 3 | Heterodoxy or heresy originally arises as opposed to doxa , which takes the shape of ‘ orthodoxy ’ to defend itself from the heretical challenge . |
| 4 | The decision in 1990 by Britain to join the ERM was , indeed , not the first time this century that she has tried to defend herself from the possible consequences of wrong decisions by her own politicians by linking herself to those made by politicians in another country , through the mechanism of a fixed or managed exchange rate . |
| 5 | I just tried to defend myself from the blows . ’ |
| 6 | Police claimed that they were forced to open fire when the crowd attacked them , whereas the ANC said that several of its supporters , grouped to defend themselves from a pro-Inkatha attack , had been shot down by the police . |