Sentence examples for did oblige from inspiring English sources

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Although the slip-ups seldom involved mendacity or willfulness, they did oblige me to defend myself.

The straight-face did oblige on the 10th from 20 feet and a sumptuous chip to the cup's edge on the last ensured that the 36-year-old was one-up and the one munching his lunch most eagerly.

That Henry distinguished himself, however, is indicated by his immediate appointment as the king's lieutenant for Ceuta, which did not require his permanent residence there or confer civil authority or administrative responsibilities but did oblige him to see that the city was adequately defended.

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Does oblige ever get more noblesser?

But it does oblige governments to draw up a charter of migrant workers' rights which might have some teeth.

On the other hand, English does oblige you to specify certain types of information that can be left to the context in other languages.

Rushdie's narrative culminates in a series of earthquakes - one of the few occasions where the ground really does oblige by opening up and swallowing everything.

But Vogelsong did not oblige.

He did not oblige.

The police did not oblige.

Shorten, unsurprisingly, did not oblige.

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