Everything is contained within the embrace of the encircling canal and the old gates that once defended the city.

I once defended a small village on Trieste from over a hundred of these things.

He is very protective of his children, seeing them as the animals he once defended.

"I once defended a serial killer, who cut his victims' throats and then raped them while they bled to death."

He once defended a man accused of biting off his opponent's ear in a barroom fight.

Some of the nation's largest companies have undertaken campaigns to reduce emissions that they once defended as being within regulatory limits.

Having left Norris to defend for himself in jail once, there is every possibility the government/legal establishment/prison authorities will do so again.

He only had two fights in 1996, once defending his world title.

It is the only survivor of the four tower which once defended each corner of the bridge.

He once defended a racist skinhead who'd committed a burglary while on parole.