1.   He stayed to protect his home.

2.   The children said their father often beat their mother and berated her, but their mother stayed to protect them.

3.   They also stayed to protect American financial commitments.

4.   Clerics have denied they are hostages, saying it is their duty to stay to protect the church.

5.   The clergy say they want to stay to protect the church.

6.   Thousands of U.S. troops stayed to protect the Gulf Arab states, and the U.S.-Saudi alliance became the axis of global geopolitics.