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Example sentences for "stand guard"

  • Quite a pleasant night to stand guard in last night, but to-day it has blustered very disagreeably, filling our eyes with dust.

  • Last night was a miserable night to stand guard.

  • We are obliged to stand guard once a week, drill every day, have a dress parade, with roll calls, etc.

  • All are soldiers in the performance of guard duty, and the soldiers accompanying us are on fatigue duty, and not merely to escort us by day and to stand guard at night.

  • You're a pretty fellow to stand guard," he remarked to his cousin the next morning, after the men had gone to the wood again.

  • I didn't try to stand guard," replied Roswell with a laugh; "I was lying down all the time.

  • Is anybody going to stand guard to-night?

  • But if you fellows don't care to stand guard we'll let it go at that.

  • They did not think it necessary to stand guard, for the hollow was well screened from outside observation, and they had all their traps behind them, next to the cliff.

  • That, having more gold and silver than he could invest to advantage, he buried it on the bank of the river, a few leagues above this place, where he entered into an agreement with the devil to stand guard over it until he returned.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    ancient period; control himself; help him; live births; long enough; perfectly clear; spiritual good; stand against; stand aside; stand for; stand guard; stand them; stand three; stand till; stand upon; standard gauge; standard silver; standard time; standing before; standing committees; standing position; standing there; stands alone; stands pledged; stands upon; three divisions