Sentences with phrase «stood guard on»

When I was a little kid, I was scared to sleep alone, so my dog stood guard on my bed which allowed me to fall into a deep, restful sleep.

Even the Egyptian sun god at first was territorial; the sun hymn of the Pyramid Texts represents him as standing guard on Egypt's frontiers; but in the sixteenth century B.C. Thutmose III conquered the known world and became «the first character of universal aspects in human history.»

FILE - In this June 10, 2015 file photo, a prison employee stands guard on a tower at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y., where two killers escaped using power tools over the weekend.

The Statue of Liberty, standing guard on an island in New York's harbour, is almost as much fun to get to as it is to visit.

Not exact matches

In this Jan. 19, 2017, photo, police stand guard outside the Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington.

A police officer stands guard outside after a shooting victim was brought to the General Hospital in Cancun, Mexico, on Tuesday, July 11, 2017.

Over the Victoria Day weekend Canadians lost another vital national institution that quietly stood on guard for the nation's 4 million lakes.

I don't live in B.C., but that is my coastline also... and as in our national anthem, I intend to «Stand on Guard for all of Canada....

We must always stand on guard for B.C.

Torchlit crowds stood before the gates of the Castel Gandolfo residence, waiting to see the Swiss Guards, the soldiers who traditionally protect the pope, salute and close the doors on the stroke of 8 p.m.

If by some fluke I do find myself heaven - bound on May 21 in a puff of smoke while my ailing mother and father are left down here with no one to care for them as the Horsemen ride over the hill shootin'their 6 - guns, I'm gonna demand a return flight so I can stand guard in front of their house with my NFR - approved lariat, ready for some ropin».

According to the Eugene Register - Guard, Lively had allegedly been making public statements that linked gay men to the Holocaust, and supporters of the OCA had included wording in a voters» guide that urged voters to «stand with the true victims of the holocaust [sic]» and vote yes on the measure.

Toward the end of the film, George Bailey is a desperate man standing on a bridge, guarding the life insurance policy...

Anne stood guard, her butterfly net in hand, staring off into the distance on watch for invaders.

who else was going to stand guard over this small one and hang on for dear life, who else but her mother?

Then he said he threw an egg in there to see what would happen and invariably, one c0 ck or one hen would take on the female role and try to hatch the egg while the other would stand guard, just as opposite gender pigeons usually do.

Depending on which soldier is standing guard, we are subject either to a few minutes of questions (Where are you from?

They measure off and establish holy space, and then stand guard at the doorways to prevent unauthorized intruders from trespassing on sacred ground.

At least, the oral exposition of the Old Testament had no authority for the Sadducees; they were conservative in clinging to the written text of the Bible, conservative in guarding the Temple traditions, intent on maintaining the status quo, and therefore stood in fairly good relations with Herod and the Roman rule.

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Campbell was again lined up at left defensive end, but this time right before the snap he stood up and moved inside on left guard Jeff Allen's outside shoulder.

At the NCAA tournament the guards gave their postgame interviews while lying on the locker room floor, too exhausted to stand.

I'm so sick of people telling those of us who are disgruntled fans to relax and give this club time to correct itself... for anyone who believes that taking a wait - and - see approach is appropriate at this juncture they should take a good long look at themselves in the mirror because they are a big part of the problem... no other «big» club's fans would stand for this shit for nearly as long as we have... think about it, we've witnessed a changing of the guard at every major club in England, Spain, France and Germany in the last several years because those «big» clubs failed to live up to expectations (Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern, PSG, Chelsea, ManU, ManCity etc...)... for some reason, many fans have become as fragile as our current manager, believing that there couldn't possibly be a suitable replacement, even though everyone of these clubs have found multiple replacements and still achieved far more than our club... this mindset has been created by an organization that has been milking it's fans, telling countless lies (no world class players available) and lowering expectations every since they rolled out the biggest lie of all: that we couldn't spend because of the new stadium but once it was paid off we could compete with any team in the world... this organization is rotting from the inside out and if we don't demand that those in charge put soccer first this despicable behaviour won't end with Wenger's ridiculous 2 year contract... I think the real fear isn't that a suitable replacement doesn't exist, but that this organization is so money hungry and poorly mismanaged that we will sink even lower by choosing our next coach the same way they choose our players, on the cheap... even so, we need to see what mustache will do if left to his own devices so he will have to show his true colours... only then can we purge this club and start anew

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

After Alabama just missed out on the NCAA tournament last season, the Crimson Tide hope five - star guard Collin Sexton can push them over the top and up the SEC standings.

Later, as a student in ROTC, I spent three years on the color guard, skipping tailgates to present the colors at windswept Big Ten football games, where my drunken classmates watched from the stands.

Just before kick - off all the players came on to the pitch and gave Stevie a guard of honour, the whole of Anfield started singing it made my feathers stand on end.

That protest flopped for so many reasons but I can't help but think that Martin, the lad that stood there on his own with only the security guard on the gate to talk to, is a legend and that one day, when the knockers of the Fenway We Come Not To Pay fans» group stop laughing, they will look back and think that Martin was actually right.

Every match day a local junior football club is selected to take part in the Guard of Honour pre-match and Goal Shots at half time, you'll see this on the pitch in front of the FM Stand.

[If you don't] You will have a higher section rate, so part of that is you need to be in attendance to keep the birth normal and some of it is just to have an opinion about the strip, some if it is literally where you feel like you're standing guard, not against bad people but against keeping the space for the woman private and without a lot of stuff going on around her that's going to distract her just being in her labour.

If you're a bit more industrious, you can make your own tv stand guard, use security film on the cabinet windows or place a baby gate to encompass the entire area.

Tube tantrum I was on a particularly crowded District Line tube on the way to work when I noticed a Conservative MP — one of the old guard — standing further down the carriage.

S. 276 crossing guard was struck by a passing cab as she stood on duty, the Department of Transportation has agreed to place a stop sign at an intersection that parents, police and elected officials have called dangerous.

Army / Air National Guard Veteran and Orange County Legislator, Dennis W.Simmons standing in front of their 9/11 Memorial, spoke in disbelief out how the Gadsden (which was Commissioned as an official Navy Jack on September 11th, 2002) can fly from any Naval ship but not in front of the Naval Armory in New Rochelle.

Addressing reporters in the press pen near Trump Tower this afternoon, Maloney — in whose district the president - elect's Fifth Avenue Xanadu stands — announced that GOP Buffalo - area Congressman Chris Collins had agreed to sign on her push to convince Washington to reimburse New York City $ 35 million for guarding the president - elect and his interests between Election Day and Inauguration Day.

One group began chanting «March to Harlem,» while contingent of a few dozen — spearheaded by a group called the Revolutionary Student Coordinating Committee — shouted «March on the pigs» and «Stand up, shoot back,» and rushed to confront the officers guarding the NYPD headquarters, at whom they hurled epithets for the next 20 minutes.

Speaking on popular hip - hop station Hot 97, de Blasio rejected host Ebro Darden's suggestion that he call off the heavily armed and armored battalion of officers that has stood guard outside the president's Fifth Avenue corporate headquarters since Election Day.

Danny Alexander is the boy who stands on George Osborne's burning deck and Vince Cable is the self - appointed captain of David Cameron's praetorian guard.

They stood guard as Fox and the two women as they got on a near by elevator.

On that May evening when Umscheid was standing guard, two of the world's most renowned tornado experts were separately traversing Kansas, hoping to get just such an intimate look.

«Father frogs will then attend to the eggs by sitting on them, possibly to keep the eggs hydrated, and they guard the eggs by standing between them and the entry hole where they will lunge at intruders and make loud alarm calls to keep them away,» Mr Seshadri noted.

«The self - perpetuating nature of the stem cells gives them the ability to provide lifelong protection against cancer, standing on guard like a sentry.

But I was completely caught off guard when, at the end of class one morning, he proposed to me while I was still standing on a treadmill.

Five years removed from standing up his pregnant wife - to - be Libby (Thandie Newton) at the altar, Dennis works as a security guard, lives in a run - down flat, is always late for visits with his son Jake (Matthew Fenton) and is way behind on his rent.

«ON GUARD» Count Gonzague (Fabrice Luchini) stands to inherit a fortune from his cousin the Duke of Nevers (Vincent Perez), but not if the duke produces an heir before Gonzague can kill him.

His scene stealing prowess was on show as he helped the X-Men break Magneto out of prison, and surely took part in one of the summers stand out scenes as he took on a team of security guards.

The camera lingers on Saul's face as he's forced to stand guard and listen to the violent thuds and cries of dying victims just on the other side of the wall, while his stony expression suggests he's been through the harrowing procedure countless times before.

The sinister shiny white soldiers stood guard as Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover, who play Han Solo and Lando Calrissian, waved before heading in for a special screening of their movie at the festival on the southern coast of France.

Surprisingly, or maybe I was just caught off guard, I saw some stand out films in the second half: I finally caught the Somali pirate drama Fishing Without Nets late one night and loved it, same with the dramedy The Skeleton Twins with Bill Hader & Kristen Wiig that was fantastic, and it grows on me the more I think about it.

That's too bad, given the long - standing allure of vintage LA and the fascinating source material for the film: Paul Lieberman's crime saga, «Gangster Squad: Covert Cops, the Mob, and the Battle for Los Angeles,» which was based on the work of a secret LAPD unit that aimed to guard the city against gangsters.