beg to be excused

Example Sentences

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Nevertheless, I beg to be excused from attendance, as I am convinced that this time of international excitement and prejudice is unfit for the crystallization of new forms for the common life of the nations.

From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 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 shall consider that I am in a country of democratic principles," she laughed, "and beg to be excused from acceding to the tyrannical demands of any autocrat male or female."

From The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life by Green, Anna Katharine

"I must beg to be excused," Floyd says, after smoking a cigar with the gentlemen.

From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

I must beg to be excused from entering into a minute narration of the scene inside.

From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by Shipp, John