be surety for
Example Sentences
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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
Say, young man, wilt thou accept this charge, and be surety for these haughty youths?
From The Lord of Dynevor by Everett-Green, Evelyn
Rigby, at another tribunal I will be surety for the appearance of my son.'
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various
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
So the merchant procured one to be surety for him, and they let him go.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir