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The phrase "a few guard" is not correct in English.
Did you mean "a few guards"? If this is the case, you can use it when referring to a small number of guards, typically in a security or protective context.
Example: "The event was well-protected, with a few guards stationed at each entrance."
Alternatives: "a few security personnel" or "a handful of guards".
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Beyond a stretch of rocks and a dirt road, there's a dense grove of olive trees, and beyond that a long, low building with a few guard towers: a prison.
A high wall, a fence and a few guard posts, surrounded the palace grounds.
Twenty or thirty barracks, some brick, some wood, an electric fence and a few guard towers.
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But a few guards, reached by phone, agreed to speak.
Quite a few guards were out sick that day.
A few guards make Long Island part of their endless summer.
A few guards waved their arms and screamed things in Arabic that I couldn't understand.
I also interviewed quite a few guards and consulted various documents in the archives.
A few guards rebelled at the new orders and resigned in protest.
A few guards were present, but they spoke only among themselves.
They were being whipped by a few guards everywhere on their bodies.
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