Sentence examples for guards over a from inspiring English sources

One stalwart, nicknamed Mrs Tiggywinkle by the Arctic 30, even reprimanded the guards over a bench that the prisoners sat on to eat, because it was too small.

" He said that he began to understand a little Arabic and built a kind of rapport with his guards over a shared enthusiasm for sports.

WASHINGTON — In a significant blow to the Justice Department, a federal judge on Thursday threw out the indictment of five former Blackwater security guards over a shooting in Baghdad in 2007 that left 17 Iraqis dead and about 20 wounded.

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: Correction: January 30 , 2010An article on Jan . 1about a court decision to dismiss the indictment of former Blackwater security guards over a shooting in Baghdad in 2007 that left 17 Iraqis dead misstated, in some copies, the number of guards affected.

WASHINGTON — The sudden blow to the case against the former Blackwater security guards over a shooting that killed 17 Iraqis and wounded at least 20 may have come as a surprise to the public in Iraq and the United States, but the legal problem that the judge cited Thursday when he threw out the indictments was obvious to American government lawyers within days of the shooting.

Or are corporations hiring police forces as private armies to stand guard over a private meeting?

A massive statue of the guerrilla fighter Augusto Sandino, hero of the modern Sandinistas, stands guard over a playground.

The dog was standing guard over a deceased individual, possibly its owner, in Moore following the tornado there.

A monk now keeps guard over a small chapel in Aksum where Ethiopians insist that the ark resides.

Two slender dogs standing guard over a body covered by brocade fabric is like a variation on a scene from "Sleeping Beauty".

If the New York Public Library has its way, this facade will no longer stand guard over a warehouse of books, but a light-flooded reading room.