Sentence examples for told to protect from inspiring English sources

The police were told to protect the marchers if they came under attack.

"I was told to protect my market, to try to stop the spraying," Mr. Acope said.

We were always told to protect the temple but were never really concerned about the neck.

The report is riddled with redactions – indicated by asterisks and required, we are told, to protect national security.

David Bate, QC, prosecuting, told the court the sleeping pill story was a "desperate lie" told to protect Buck's multimillion pound career.

They were not told to protect "the privacy of the resident dean who had made an inadvertent error," Deans Hammonds and Smith wrote.

"I call them kindhearted lies, the lies you tell to protect someone else's life or feelings," DePaulo said.

"This new law is designed, as far as we can tell, to protect property speculators, people who own long-term empty commercial properties which they're often quite happy to let fall into disrepair".

Yes, that's one kind of white lie that parents tell, to protect children.

It is everyone's job to tell the truth in order to protect the country.

This week the Russian military was told to be ready to protect ethnic Russians – 20% of Kyrgyzstan's population.