Inside the quiet, carpeted room, four guards immediately sprang to block Richard's path.

She rose in alarm as the guards sprang forward.

As the second leaped in past the door, the guard with R-1 sprang from behind it, stuck his foot out and tripped the runner.

The third guard sprang back, seeking room to shoot.

Two guards at the cathedral-like entrance doors sprang from the outside path into view.

Chances were that the guard would spring Alex in exchange for, say, three months' salary, local rates.

Directly their footsteps died away, the "dead" guard and driver sprang to their feet.

The two guards from the outer porch sprang forward.

If I attack you, guards will spring out of the walls and beat my balls off.