Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] must admit " in BNC.
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1 | I tend to wear black suits in the evening although I must admit I 'm getting slightly bored with black now . |
2 | When Paul called me back to ask whether he was serious about this , I replied , yes , although I must admit I did n't hear strings and flutes on ‘ Space Oddity ’ at the beginning but once the track was done , it was obvious that it was going to work really well . |
3 | A harmless grass snake , I concluded , although I must admit that the proximity of the Reptile Centre did make me a touch more circumspect than usual as I made for the summit . |
4 | Although I must admit we were obliged to fork out for the tickets — a mere hundred quid each . |
5 | ‘ I do n't feel jealous or bitter , although I must admit , I 'm relishing the thought of running the 100m against him as soon as possible . ’ |
6 | A crowd walking eight abreast can trample a good-size swathe through a hay meadow and single file just makes common sense , although I must admit the signs did seem to be something of an overkill . |
7 | We all do that , although I must admit the TARDIS gives me a wider range of opportunities than most people have . |
8 | In these matters we were often able to avoid costly mistakes being made , and on other occasions improve the operational efficiency of our craft with advice on training and equipment , although I must admit that our requirements seldom matched the amount of money available . |
9 | Although I must admit … ’ he paused to slow the car down before turning off the road to come to a halt outside an attractive inn , thatched , gabled and wooden-beamed , its façade ablaze with baskets of flowers , its forecourt furnished with long trestle-tables and carved wooden chairs . |
10 | And it was done for the best , although I must admit it did n't turn out like that . |
11 | This was a very comforting thing , although I must admit that I heard of no cases occurring in the period that I was in Mespot . |
12 | ‘ I intended to find out about your involvement with that man , and now I have , although I must admit I 'm still a little bit hazy as to the details . |
13 | Although I must admit that to begin with I was a bit twitchy about taking the kids to a park — even here in London . ’ |
14 | But this time his confidence seemed so genuine , so unevasive , that I must admit I felt my throat tighten . |
15 | It was , then , a most discouraging start to what may in fact be an entirely new sort of duty required of me ; so discouraging that I must admit I have not really made further attempts along these lines . |
16 | One is that we must admit verbal reports of inner experiences of human beings as valid evidence for studies of consciousness . |
17 | There are two things that anyone must admit about orders . |
18 | But all day he would n't talk to me , and I must admit , I did get quite a few looks and remarks from boys there . |
19 | I do n't care what it is called , and I must admit I have n't yet read anything about masochism as you call it in your book . |
20 | And I must admit I was pleasantly surprised to find Burgundy 's Pinot Noir taking ever firmer root in Germany . |
21 | Unless there is an injury or an hereditary problem , there is no excuse for it and I must admit that there is this stubborn streak which runs through the breed . |
22 | He had been going out intermittently with our Corporal Jane , who was beginning to get very excited about him , and I must admit he was very good-looking . |
23 | The photographer had obviously been studying portraits of Betty Grable and other film stars and was trying to be very artistic , with much back lighting and fluffing out of hair , and I must admit that my hair ( touching my shoulders , naturally ) , did look nice . |
24 | ‘ Mary and I took our dogs down there this afternoon and I must admit we did n't like it , Mary was quite frightened . |
25 | I still have it today , and I must admit that the ‘ poems ’ indicate the desperation of a lonely adolescent rather than the promise of any talent . |
26 | And I must admit I did n't know at the time exactly what her flying weight should be . |
27 | Typically for the Piaroa , the women are not warned against seeing the instruments with a threat of rape ; rather , it is said that if a woman should see the flutes , the entire village must commit mass suicide by joining hands and jumping off a cliff ( and I must admit that their reasoning on this is not clear to me ) . |
28 | Whether we like it or not , and I must admit I do , Britain is back to two-and-a-bit party politics and Labour is now favourite to win the next election . |
29 | There were holes in the elbows and I must admit it had got so tatty that it was held together with nappy pins . |
30 | In some ways wh I , I , I heard , I was listening to a description on Saturday at the serials and I must admit I thought to myself mm |