Sentence examples for off his guard from inspiring English sources

Alex Ferguson should know better than to be caught off his guard this way.

That writer also explained that he "worked round his antagonist in a way peculiar to himself, that so puzzled his adversary to find out his intent, that he was frequently thrown off his guard, by which manoeuvring Johnson often gained the most important advantages".

Mr Major was presumably off his guard, since the TV lights had been turned off.

"I've got a few phrases up my sleeve that might catch him off his guard," says Laker, a centre-back and a former teacher of French.

Only Tiamat stood her ground, seeking first to throw him off his guard by flattery about his quick rise to leadership, but Marduk angrily denounced her and the older generation: "The sons [had to] withdraw [for] the fathers were acting treacherously, and [now] you, who gave birth to them, bear malice to the offspring".

4 At the outset he occupied Hadrumetum and some few other places, which were taken by surprise at his sudden assault; but later, while off his guard because of this very success, he was ambushed by the quaestor of Cornificius, lost a large portion of his army, and withdrew into Numidia.

Gonzalez stirred around home plate, ripping off his elbow guard and stared out at the field.

"We just fed off his energy," point guard Deron Williams said.

The tiny man shuffled off between his guards.

One struck near the office of one of Mr. Khan's deputies; the other set off his explosives when guards tried to overpower him.

One bomber struck near the office of one of Mr. Khan's deputies; the other set off his explosives when guards tried to overpower him.