keep an eye open vs protect

keep an eye open

verb
  • To remain vigilant for a possibly dangerous situation. 

  • To remain vigilant for someone or something. 

protect

verb
  • To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to. 

  • To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight. 

How often have the words keep an eye open and protect occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )