Sentence examples for guards could not from inspiring English sources

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When the guards could not find the mother, they called the police at the Central Park Precinct, Mr. Holzer said.

Under those promises, the guards could not be prosecuted for anything they said in their statements, as long as what they said was true.

Rear Adm. John W. Smith Jr., the commander of the prison joint task force, said he ordered the raid because guards could not see into the facility to ensure the safety of the detainees.

The guards could not be prosecuted under Iraqi law because of an immunity agreement that had been signed by the Coalition Provisional Authority, the governing authority installed by the United States after the invasion of Iraq.

Even if they did not hear the scatological insults directed against them, or pretended not to hear, the guards could not help but know that the rhythms of protest were undiminished by conditions meant to silence them.

But security experts said that new guards could not be hired overnight, especially in places like New York, which has some of the nation's strongest rules mandating background checks and training.

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MoMA habitués, including guards, couldn't wait for it to go away.

Although it was broad daylight when the girls got there, the border guards couldn't see this section of the river from their concrete pillboxes.

But his guards couldn't silence the eagle-eyed observers on Twitter, who have since snapped Mugabe stumbling into a variety of unusual circumstances.

Until he renewed his driver's license last year, Shaw often got hassled at airports: the guards couldn't recognize his ten-year-old picture because his face had fleshed out so much.

"Being in charge of the garden, I was able to dig a trench and disguise the sand by scattering it in the bottom so the guards couldn't see it and become suspicious".

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