beg to be excused

Example Sentences

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Some men have eaten grizzly liver, but I beg to be excused.

From The Young Alaskans in the Rockies by Hough, Emerson

I must stop now, as I fear I have already let my pen run on for too long, and must beg to be excused for this voluminous letter.

From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 by Benson, Arthur Christopher

There's really nothing left for me but to beg to be excused.

From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various

Miss Mayo entered the office at the Empire determined to throw herself upon the managerial mercy and beg to be excused from the commission.

From Charles Frohman: Manager and Man by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick

I beg to be excused from telling that, sir; but I will tell you who it is I would not have.

From The Politician Out-Witted by Moses, Montrose Jonas