be surety for
Example Sentences
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"My son, if thou be surety for thy friend,——thou art snared with the words of thy mouth."
From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander
"I can be surety for that at least."
From The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro by Sabatini, Rafael
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
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)
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