Sentence examples for stood on duty from inspiring English sources
Guards stood on duty at either end of the street, and a couple times a day snipers would send a bullet over, a reminder that they were still watching.
Police stood on duty outside as reporters and television crews arrived, but members of the media agreed to withdraw from the immediate area after being told a tribute to the murdered soldier would be issued by the MoD later in the evening.
On the evening of March 5, Private Hugh White, a British soldier, stood on guard duty outside the Custom house on King Street, today known as State Street.
Everyone was briefed to "flood" the area, and I was stood on guard duty outside the gates with sandbags and a general-purpose machine gun.
Where do we stand on the new stamp duty?
The plot, with its painful conjunctions of personal desire and political duty, stands on its own, even as it offers a precursor to operas like "Simon Boccanegra," "Aida" and "Don Carlos, Verdii's French masterpiece, which will be performed at Caramoor on July 20.
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who would also go on to renown as a film director, stood guard duty as well.
Russell Crowe as Javert, his implacable pursuer, stands on parapets overlooking all of Paris and dolefully sings of his duty to the law.
"If you change the law and it is [a company's] legal duty to do something they don't really have a leg to stand on.
