beg to be excused

Example Sentences

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We beg to be excused from coming to-night.

From The ghosts of their ancestors by Mills, Weymer Jay

“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

"You mean that if I were to tell you now that I had changed my mind, and was quite ready to go away with you, you'd beg to be excused?"

From The Tigress by Warner, Anne

I suggest you beg to be excused for the moment.

From This Crowded Earth by Bloch, Robert

I thank your ladyship of Lyons, but Must beg to be excused.

From The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded by Shaw, Bernard