Another story is told of the same man, who was a Scotsman, during another of his turns of sentry duty.
He had studied the cool, professional way of the regulars on sentry duty, and looked far more at home on post this bright July day than any of his class-mates.
He knew the main points of sentry duty as well as any cadet, though nowhere are the finer points, the more intricate tests, so taught as they are at the Military Academy.
Sentry duty at the camp is of course a mere formality; no enemies are expected to attack West Point, and there is no necessity for an all-night guard.
You are to be on sentry duty to-night, aren't you?
And one may readily believe that the merry cadets were waiting with indescribable glee for the first night when poor Joseph Smith turned out on sentry duty.
Upon examination of the case Captain Cogswell was so well satisfied that Doane was sick and not fit to have been placed on sentry duty, being under the surgeon’s care, that he asked for and obtained his release the next day.
Privates Thomas and Fisher when found asleep, were awakened and cautioned by the officer of the guard as to the penalty they would incur by going to sleep while on sentry duty.
Well, signore, His Excellency came out of the room just as I went on sentry duty, and for half an hour no one else entered.
How did you manage to enter the General's room while the corporal, Tonini, was there on sentry duty?
He was on sentry duty, and tells us that nobody whatsoever passed in here except we three.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sentry duty" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
