Example sentences of "[modal v] excuse i " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must excuse me now , Isabel , it is time for my rest . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You must excuse me , ’ croaked the old woman , reaching for her handkerchief — a murky brown item that would not have looked out of place knotted round a leaky sewer pipe — ‘ But you got to laugh sometimes ! |
| 3 | ‘ You must excuse me , signorina but I will make now some telephone calls . |
| 4 | ‘ You must excuse me . |
| 5 | And now you really must excuse me — ‘ |
| 6 | You must excuse me . ’ |
| 7 | Now you must excuse me , I am busy . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Well , you must excuse me now , ’ he sighed . |
| 9 | ‘ You must excuse me if I do n't believe you , ’ he sneered . |
| 10 | ‘ Please do n't break your promise to Dana — I shall survive ; and now you must excuse me , I have a lot to do before I go to the NEC . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You must excuse me , Officer , I 'm still half asleep . ’ |
| 12 | I I 'm I say you must excuse me going on at such a pace but I 've got A I 've got another meeting quite shortly and B you 've got some little mo I think M Michael 's looking to take over . |
| 13 | ‘ Neither have I any time to waste , so you must excuse me if I cut out the preliminaries . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You must excuse me — I promised to go along to the tennis courts . |
| 15 | ‘ I told you , it 's my fault and you can run me in if you like , ’ I said , turning to go , ‘ now if you 'll excuse me , I 've got a bus to catch . ’ |
| 16 | You 'll excuse me . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ If you 'll excuse me , ’ says Robyn , getting to her feet . |
| 18 | She said , ‘ If you 'll excuse me . ’ |
| 19 | So if you 'll excuse me , I 'll join you both later . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ If you 'll excuse me … ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Now if you 'll excuse me , I must get home to me boys . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ And now , if you 'll excuse me , I must go to my mistress . ’ |
| 23 | I think if you 'll excuse me I 'll just take a little nap . |
| 24 | I 'm not getting into a fight over some silly little first-year whether she 's your sister or not , and if you 'll excuse me , this porridge is bad enough hot , but cold it 's inedible and there 's a long way to go till lunchtime . ’ |
| 25 | If you 'll excuse me , Miss Hardbroom . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ No trouble , ’ she answered , and with a glance at her husband added , ‘ I wo n't join you , if you 'll excuse me . |
| 27 | And now , if you 'll excuse me , I 'll go down to see Barbara before the police descend on her . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , yes , but , well , you 'll excuse me if I frown a bit but you and Van Gelder are the two most important people on this ship . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I like a joke , ’ said Archie , ‘ but I 've got to be off , if yer 'll excuse me . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , gentlemen , if you 'll excuse me , I 've got some work to finish before I go to bed . ’ |