Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] defended [pn reflx] " in BNC.

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1 Well in War and Peace it 's a story of the er I mean there are many themes go on but the broad sweep of history is about the Napoleonic invasion of Russia and the way the Russians defended themselves against the French armies .
2 The rifles with which the Jews defended themselves have been welded onto the sides of the vehicles as a memorial .
3 The Jews defended themselves by quoting Hecataeus of Abdera .
4 And the Christians defended themselves right well , and every time that they went upon the walls , they sounded trumpets and tambours ; and made great rejoicings , as the Cid had commanded .
5 The men defended themselves by arguing that the woman had consented to sex frequently and had done so on this occasion also .
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