be surety for
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“Then, if he will be surety for their safety, the team is at Mr. Clavering’s disposal,” he said.
From The Cattle-Baron's Daughter by Bindloss, Harold
Moreover, he promised to be surety for his brother, that no harm should come to him.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets by Lord, John
Judah had promised his father to be surety for him.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
He answered, "Yes, O Commander of the Faithful, I will be surety for him for three days."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Yet I insist, without mercy; I make Emile blush for his lack of delicacy; I undertake to be surety for Sophy that she will undertake her share of the treaty.
From Emile by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques