Example sentences of "shield [pn reflx] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Welford said : ‘ He grabbed me by the lapels and cuffed me across the face , but I shielded myself from the rest of his blows . ’ |
| 2 | When Isaiah had his vision of God in the Temple , he cried aloud in anguish that we lost : even the angels could not bear the sight of the divine majesty but shielded themselves from it with their wings , and he had gazed upon the Lord of Hosts with his own impure eyes . |
| 3 | I believe that Wales continues to be less severely affected by the recession than the United Kingdom as a whole , but it can not possibly shield itself from the recession both in the United Kingdom and in the rest of the world . |
| 4 | ‘ Get out ! ’ she managed to croak , bringing up both hands , ineffectually shielding herself from his assault . |
| 5 | By rights I should be sitting here with Kelly enjoying a cosy chat , not shielding myself from verbal arrows . ’ |
| 6 | It is ironic , as research into the feelings and behaviour of childless couples has shown , that the voluntarily childless often shield themselves from criticism by implying a fertility problem , whereas the involuntarily childless find it difficult to admit their infertility and leave others believing they have chosen to forgo the experience of parenthood . |
| 7 | Many can forage above ground at night but they laboriously shield themselves from predators by constructing covered run-ways , and thin crusts of mud all over the vegetation they are plundering . |
| 8 | Indeed , many things we do are attempts to shield ourselves from the effects of fear . |
| 9 | He fought with everything he had — his helmet , his raincoat , his truncheon , his kicks , rubble from the ground ; he even used the van to shield himself from the frenzied attack which relentlessly beat him back . |
| 10 | Even trying to shield herself from him , she could feel that void in him that he wanted her to fill . |
| 11 | He nodded , and his grey-green eyes seemed to grow darker as he scanned her , below him , looking up at him , his gaze travelling quickly over her face to her breasts ; she brought an arm up involuntarily , to shield herself from his looking . |
| 12 | Two terrified passers-by , caught in the middle of the second blast at Cateaton Street , try desperately to shield themselves from the force of the explosion as they are engulfed by billowing smoke . |
| 13 | In the following year they passed the Septennial Act , which extended the life of Parliament ( including the present one elected under the terms of the Triennial Act ) to seven years , a deliberate attempt to shield themselves from the electorate . |