be surety for
Example Sentences
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I will be surety for them that they shall be true men henceforth.
From Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race by Ebbutt, M. I. (Maud Isabel)
Having engaged to be surety for the son of a Hindoo judge, who was about to enter as a student in the Inns of Court, a new adventure befel me.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob
Say, young man, wilt thou accept this charge, and be surety for these haughty youths?
From The Lord of Dynevor by Everett-Green, Evelyn
Thy wife's goods are at my charge and I will be surety for the old woman.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
But she had already introduced Lord Sudleigh to these family treasures, and she could not endure to go to Sudleigh Castle and take with her no heirlooms to be surety for her respectability.
From A Singer from the Sea by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
