beg to be excused
Example Sentences
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Say that an urgent matter has just cropped up and beg to be excused.
From The Sins of the Children A Novel by Cosmo Hamilton
I must stop now, as I fear I have already let my pen run on for too long, and must beg to be excused for this voluminous letter.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 by Arthur Christopher Benson
And if you asked me to describe the viands, or the glorious juiciness of the giant joints, or the supreme immensity of the lofty pudding, I should simply beg to be excused.
From The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure by Gordon Stables
Ages seemed to have passed before she was able to rise slowly, to smile, to beg to be excused a moment.
From The Heart of Thunder Mountain by Anton Otto Fischer
I do not wish to play cards, and therefore beg to be excused.
From The Gambler A Novel by Katherine Cecil Thurston
