Sentence examples for oblige him that from inspiring English sources

They've been so happy to oblige him that the Browns had to issue an internal memo: No more feeding Sutter.

But that does not oblige him to reject the account of perception that has been offered in support of D1.

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.

No, they were not expecting any abnormal weather that would oblige him to rush back to London.

"The more dangerous thing for him would be to express public outrage at the unacceptable US behaviour because that would oblige him to take … some kind of retaliatory action".

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced new ethics rules that would oblige him and any cabinet minister competing to succeed him to disclose the sources and amounts of all their campaign donations.

– that oblige him to retire.

Though he may have defied God over Sodom, as Oz pointed out, he was more than happy to oblige him in his unreasonable command that the patriarch execute his own son -- a supreme act of mindless obedience if ever there was one.

The pattern underlying his speech is one of bold statements gentled; the mischievous elan that produced his collection's title balanced by an intelligence that obliges him to qualify and a lifetime of experience that has shown him nothing is ever wholly good or bad.

When he suggested that she wear a padded bra, "that her body was really made for a bigger bust," Thomas writes that she obliged him and "appreciated that he had an opinion about what she was wearing, how she looked".

Over coffee -- or preferably something stronger -- he recalls the feuds that led the critic Clement Greenberg, speaking to Ms. Edgar, to call him a "gangster," and that obliged him to steer a careful course in running the Club.