Example sentences of "duty [to-vb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ However , young or not , I felt it my duty to see you and explain . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm afraid it is my duty to search you before you go . |
| 3 | ‘ Then while you are considering what those circumstances may be , you may allow your regard for your duty to sustain you while you fetch me another of these . ’ |
| 4 | Neither of you knows personally the young man to whom you intend to entrust your , er … secret , and I feel it is my duty to caution you . ’ |
| 5 | It 's a chairman 's very pleasant duty to thank you all . |
| 6 | Casualties were mounting by the minute ; in the United Kingdom more and more homes were receiving the brief and dreaded telegram , beginning , ‘ It is my painful duty to inform you … ’ . |
| 7 | Mademoiselle Bryant , It is my duty to inform you that your father is very dangerously ill . |
| 8 | ‘ The Khatun observed that you would miss your wife , and suggested that it was our duty to find you another . ’ |
| 9 | He smiled his rather pale , somewhat wintry smile and said ‘ Thank you gentlemen , and now it is my painful duty to set you your homework ’ . |
| 10 | When you had finished there , there was somebody on duty to give you a slip . |
| 11 | Stewards on duty to welcome you . |
| 12 | As your parish priest , it is my duty to shield you from any overenthusiasm on the part of visitors hoping to catch a glimpse of a visionary . |
| 13 | It was his party , I presume he invited you , it was his duty to get you home again . ’ |
| 14 | It is my duty to advise you that anything you now say may be noted by my sergeant here and possibly used in evidence in any future criminal prosecution . ’ |
| 15 | Sitting here as a British judge it is my duty to tell you that this is not a country in which there is one law for the rich and another for the poor . |
| 16 | ‘ Because if that 's so it 's my duty to tell you that your Sebastian is going to be very disappointed . |
| 17 | ‘ As your legal adviser , Mrs Quatt , I conceived it to be my duty to warn you of the possible consequences of your words . ’ |
| 18 | I almost feel it 's my duty to show you the error of your ways . |
| 19 | ( 4 ) Make a note of the purchase price , and then , if it is correct , tick the stamp duty to show you have checked this . |