Sentence examples for stood on guard from inspiring English sources

Winning p45 over all who were of a restless temper or who needed money and were hot-headed for a revolution, he gradually came to the point, whenever Galba dined at Otho's house, of using the dinner as an excuse for distributing one hundred sesterces to each member of the cohort that stood on guard.

The men stood on guard and women brought them whatever food they could muster.

Yesterday, two officers stood on guard in front of the apartment building that was home to the 8-year-old boy, Daesean Hill, while other officers drove by repeatedly in a van, announcing the killings on a loudspeaker and asking for tips.

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.

In contrast, in Dharamsala, India -- the seat of the exiled Tibetan government -- Indian police stood on guard in a protective capacity for the thousands of Tibetans going to cast their votes.

The act established a religious reference to the English lyrics and the phrase "From far and wide, O Canada" to replace one of the repetitions of the phrase "We stand on guard".

Admirable as their workmanship may be, the two female nudes that stand on guard above those cruets do not have the mischievous intelligence that other craftsmen could command.

"We will stand on guard," said Mr. Sharon, a former general who is a hero of tank battles in the Sinai Desert in two wars and the architect of Israel's troubled 1982 invasion of Lebanon.

The campaign called for a NATO birthday celebration, a NATO song featuring Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Harry Belafonte, among others, and slogans like "Good night, sleep tight, NATO stands on guard" and "N-A-T-O -- four letters that spell peace".

Perhaps this will create the hope that sooner or later your voice will no longer have to stand on guard for freedom in Europe or come to our rescue because Europe will at last be able to stand guard over itself.