Example sentences of "guard the entrance to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To illustrate this with an example , on the objectual interpretation " ( Ex ) x is a three-headed dog guarding the entrance is Hades ' is false , because there is no such entity ; but on the substitutional interpretation a replacement of x in " x is a three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades " with " Cerberus " yields a true proposition ; which , if we are talking about Greek mythology , is of course as it should be . |
| 2 | Now look up at the towers guarding the entrance to Charles Bridge . |
| 3 | Few people in Polruan knew much about what went on behind the big iron gates that guarded the entrance to Roscarrock Hall , because Sir Gregory had taken the prudent step of making his household almost self-sufficient , and traders were seldom required to call . |
| 4 | Hampden 's statue guards the entrance to St Stephens Hall , formerly chamber of the House of Commons . |
| 5 | But the crossing from Newcastle turned out to be a mini holiday in itself and very soon we were nosing our way through the islands and reefs which guard the entrance to Bergen 's Hanseatic harbour . |