someone is bound to admit

Seems a bit fantastic to me but I'm bound to admit there may be something in it.

"But I'm bound to admit I think the cattlemen have the fair side of the argument."

But, then, we're mighty uninteresting, I'm bound to admit that."

I'm bound to admit that the possession of the piece of notepaper had worried me considerably.

"But I'm bound to admit I'd have butted in anyhow, I am so anxious to hear what you found today.

Money doesn't really mean anything to her--or to Roderick Welman, either, I'm bound to admit.

But in my case, the answer was simpler still, although, I'm bound to admit, somewhat repellent: what was in my nose was snot.

The siren temptations of Evie Burns - who never cared about me, I'm bound to admit - led me inexorably towards my fall.

Still," his voice stayed just as soothing, but his eyes glittered, "I'm bound to admit there are things can cause any of us to backslide a mite.

'I'm bound to admit that a more unshaven, unshorn, unkempt, and uneverything wretch I never saw outside the ancient and honourable order of tramps.

I'm bound to admit that I've not the shadow of an alibi, but I give you my solemn word that I never went to the study, that I never saw my stepfather alive - or dead.