beg to be excused
Example Sentences
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As things were, he must beg to be excused.
From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian
"I must beg to be excused," Floyd says, after smoking a cigar with the gentlemen.
From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
Some men have eaten grizzly liver, but I beg to be excused.
From The Young Alaskans in the Rockies by Hough, Emerson
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
