beg to be excused
Example Sentences
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But were he to become insistent and ask me to look into the matter for myself, I should beg to be excused.
From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord
Some men have eaten grizzly liver, but I beg to be excused.
From The Young Alaskans in the Rockies by Hough, Emerson
"If I were Dora I should beg to be excused," returned the niece to whom she had spoken.
From The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna or, The Crew That Won by Morrison, Gertrude W.
“You are very kind to offer us your company, Miss Higgins, but we must beg to be excused to-day,” said Nance calmly.
From Molly Brown's Junior Days by Speed, Nell
"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.
