be under obligation
Example Sentences
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Arriving in the convention city of Philadelphia, he boasted that he had been personally covering his travel and telephone expenses and said that if nominated, “I will be under obligation to nobody except the people.”
From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2015
The German Government was declared to be under obligation to pay damages estimated at 140,749 French francs to the French Government, which had chartered the boat.
From Time Magazine Archive
She hates to be under obligation to anyone, especially her own mother.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
I do not wish him to be under obligation to me.
From The Pride of Palomar by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
"And do you wish, then," said Mabille, "that old Bauer should be under obligation to me, for example, who can pay little or nothing toward the feast?"
From The Boy Life of Napoleon Afterwards Emperor of the French by Foa, Eugenie
