beg to be excused

Example Sentences

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But at present, I am afraid, by beginning to talk or correspond with Jenny Lind about this subject, I would do your cause no good, and I therefore beg to be excused.

From The History of Mendelssohn's Oratorio "Elijah" by Edwards, Frederick George

And now I must really beg to be excused, Mr. Ballard.

From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis

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

From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various

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

From The Young Alaskans in the Rockies by Hough, Emerson

"I beg to be excused," was the reply.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 by Various