be surety for
Example Sentences
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"We will ourself be surety for this knight," said Charles.
From Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy by Major, Charles
They answered, We miss the prince's cup: and unto him who shall produce it, shall be given a camel's load of corn, and I will be surety for the same.
From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by Sale, George
"You certainly have done no evil," said Eva, "I will be surety for that."
From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von
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
"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