Example sentences of "it [pron] duty " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet I must still think it my duty , without reconsidering whether or not it be worthwhile , to continue this plain record of what ( I know ) need not have been plain but for the accident that I am a niggler without impulse , not an imaginative artist . |
| 2 | ‘ I consider it my duty to strive to ward off the calamity by bringing about the union of Palestine and Transjordan ’ , he told the Palestinians . |
| 3 | I feel it my duty to disclaim any such intention . |
| 4 | ‘ I wish … that is , I feel it my duty … no , no , my desire and my duty to join their Society , but Miss Jarman wo n't countenance it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Is not it my duty then to obey my lord 's wishes ? ’ |
| 6 | I went on , telling him how pitiful her situation was , if he would only go and see he would understand , and how I felt it my duty to do what I could , working myself up into a noble sweat of righteousness . |
| 7 | But you must believe that I kept you here not because I wanted to , but because I believed it my duty to those whom God ( or , well , the Company anyway ) has placed in my care . |
| 8 | Dickens is a rich source of examples : [ 16 ] Mlud , no — variety of points — feel it my duty tsubmit ludship . |
| 9 | ‘ Either you increase my husband 's wages to reflect the work he does on your behalf , or I might find it my duty to persuade him to look for other employment , perhaps with one of the many property owners hereabouts . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I would consider it my duty to remain at the salon until you had found a suitable replacement for me , ’ she said primly . |
| 11 | If I hear of one more occasion on which you make these allegations I shall feel it my duty to pass them on to Connon myself . |
| 12 | I consider it my duty to help in any way I can . |
| 13 | And , since all the evidence pointed to your having gone completely berserk , I thought it my duty as your host to ask one or two questions . |
| 14 | All I know is that by the time we had entered into residence again that autumn , we found we had made so little progress , and had remained so vague about our aims that , one evening , Harold Mason and I , who had seen more of each other than we did anyone else in the group , resolved to abandon the project altogether ; and I therefore wrote to Eliot , from whom I had not heard further , telling him that our plan had made so little headway that I felt it my duty to tell him not to trouble himself any more . |
| 15 | ‘ However , young or not , I felt it my duty to see you and explain . ’ |
| 16 | He said : ‘ I considered it my duty to get informed about politics because I had a vote . |
| 17 | Right-wing members of the Labour government like Roy Hattersley and Shirley Williams felt it their duty to show solidarity with the pickets . |
| 18 | From early days English Teetotallers had felt it their duty to correct their American brethren when they fell short , a trait which has become an intricate part of general English attitudes towards America . |
| 19 | Urged by Elaine Blond to respond on behalf of the Movement , Sigmund Gestetner , whose name was well regarded in orthodox circles , wrote to the Jewish Chronicle to deny the charges while offering gratitude to ‘ those true Christians who felt it their duty to save these persecuted Jewish children ’ . |
| 20 | Students , feeling it their duty to point out the shortcomings of policies and personalities in Chinese politics , exercised their traditional custom of remonstrating several times throughout Deng 's decade of reform . |
| 21 | And of course such a perception produces its own reaction , in the emphasis on common sense and experience , in people who boast of having attended the University of Life , or feel it their duty to sort out young graduates when they enter their first job , or even in anti-intellectual or irrationalist currents in higher education itself ( Shils 1984 ) . |
| 22 | They stayed close to the Oaks , as if they considered it their duty , and they looked as if they might find life a serious business . |
| 23 | Artists and intellectuals , both prominent figures and less familiar faces , felt it their duty to partake in the ‘ salvation of the nation ’ . |
| 24 | Most of the voluntary organisations considered it their duty to inculcate a proper sense of shame in their charges , until World War II brought about the first intimation that unmarried mothers were beginning to avoid the hostels run by charitable institutions for that very reason . |
| 25 | ‘ No , they felt it their duty to struggle on , ’ said Daisy , half to herself |
| 26 | However , they considered it their duty to tell their clients , the second defendants , that they had them . |
| 27 | On the one hand , as a good Irish Catholic girl married to a man she loved and who could afford to support her , she felt it her duty as well as her wish to have a child . |
| 28 | Though it was clear that Mrs Longhill could hardly bear to talk to her , her mistress felt it her duty to ask certain questions . |
| 29 | Unlike Aunt Kit , who believed it to be a barbaric rite , intolerable between reasonable men and women , Aunt Lilian , the headmistress , simply felt it her duty to point out that a career — any career — would be less easy once a girl was lumbered with a husband and children . |
| 30 | Back in Pontrhydyfen she had brothers and sisters she saw it her duty to cook and wash for . |