"But I was about to ask him about tigers," the boy protested.

A boy in his class protested about this and called him a "weirdo".

"But those flying things were far back in our history," protested the boy.

Frowning, the boy protested that he would never cut himself.

The boy protested he knew all the rules of arithmetic.

I just wanted to look at the sea,' the boy protested.

"I take history and music and literature classes," the boy protested.

I was just looking, father,' the boy protested.

The boy protested, wanting to see what would happen.

"I don't want to fight the damned Chinee," the boy protested.