Example sentences of "protect herself from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , she 'd spent most of her life flying solo , protecting herself from the rest of the world behind high barriers ; now , after risking and losing all in one fell swoop , she 'd simply have to set about the painful business of re-erecting those walls . |
| 2 | She had an arm permanently bruised from protecting herself from beatings . |
| 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 | She had seen the children in other families break away entirely from the too zealous claims of an old nurse and when the time came , as it surely must , she wished to protect herself from the pain which rejection could cause . |
| 5 | Instantly , she was filled with the need to protect herself from the hopelessly vulnerable way that made her feel . |