beg to be excused
Example Sentences
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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
"If I were Dora I should beg to be excused," repeated the girl at whom she looked, in exactly the same tone, and with an unmoved countenance, too.
From The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna or, The Crew That Won by Morrison, Gertrude W.
In love, Madame de Montbazon was very mercenary; we say it once for all, and beg to be excused from citing proof of the assertion.
From Political Women, Vol. 2 by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883
I suggest you beg to be excused for the moment.
From This Crowded Earth by Bloch, Robert
And now I must really beg to be excused, Mr. Ballard.
From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis
