beg to be excused

Example Sentences

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

From The Young Alaskans in the Rockies by Hough, Emerson

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

From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various

I replied that I was in my Farce dress, and must beg to be excused.

From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John

I must beg to be excused from entering into a minute narration of the scene inside.

From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by Shipp, John

Nevertheless, I beg to be excused from attendance, as I am convinced that this time of international excitement and prejudice is unfit for the crystallization of new forms for the common life of the nations.

From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various