But, oh, if they did then there would be songs aplenty sung to Barristan Selmy, the last of the true Kingsguards, a man who did his best to serve with honour, even if those he guarded were often unworthy.
If Stoudemire was disappointed, he guarded it well.
If he was guarded, he passed to a teammate for an open shot.
When my friend mentioned that he might have appendicitis, my mental reaction was to think of all the factors that go into that diagnosis, and I was bursting to ask if he had guarding or rebound tenderness, and if the doctor's said anything about McBurney point.
If he can guard the ball you don't have to help, if you don't have to help you can take away corner threes.
He describes a dog who, when Ken was having a particularly difficult day, would protectively stick by his side and lay his head on Ken's chest when he slept, "as if he was guarding me".
If they guarded him too tightly, he drove into the lane.
"Whose president will he be if he is not guarded by Afghan soldiers?" one commando asked.
West did not know that South's heart jack was dropping, and not wishing to give declarer a trick if he held the guarded jack, he underled his club ace, a bad idea.
In the book, when Aragorn gets to Rivendell, he refers to the proprietor of the Inn, one Barliman Butterbur, as he says: " 'Strider' I am to one fat man who lives within a day's march of foes that would freeze his heart, or lay his little town in ruin, if he were not guarded ceaselessly.
