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Example sentences for "begged leave"

  • I begged leave of my master to present Mrs. Worden with five guineas for a pair of gloves; which he said was well thought of.

  • I begged leave to withdraw; and, as I went out, my good master said, There's a person!

  • I begged leave to send a guinea to a poor body in the town, that I heard, by Mrs. Jewkes, lay very ill, and was very destitute.

  • I begged leave, therefore, to distribute a small gratuity among his attendants, and requested him to do me the honour of drinking a bottle of wine with me.

  • Briefly apologising to the king for the meanness and darkness of the staircase, I begged leave to precede him, and rapidly mounted until I met Maignan.

  • He begged leave to differ from that opinion, for which there was not the least ground.

  • But he begged leave to ask gentlemen who hold such language, would the Western people, admitting they were to withdraw from the Union, be able to accomplish the object?

  • In order to place this subject in a proper point of view, he begged leave to mention certain circumstances previous to the evacuation of Charleston.

  • It was proper that we should have some regard to the centre of territory; if that was to have weight, he begged leave to say, that there was no comparison between the two rivers.

  • To this he readily agreed, and, having fitted a key to the watch, he begged leave to show me some chains and seals.

  • He was extremely polite, and finding our destination was not particular, begged leave to join our party.

  • She waited not for an answer, but, immediately rising, begged leave to retire, alleging that she was fatigued.

  • One favor more he begged leave to solicit; which was, that I would be a neighbor to his wife.

  • On this, the sagamore Louis, son of the grisly convert Membertou, begged leave to kill them; but Biencourt would not countenance this summary mode of relieving his embarrassment.

  • La Caille, advancing, begged leave to read, in behalf of the rest, a paper which he held in his hand.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "begged leave" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    begged him; begged leave; begged them; both church and state; close upon; departure from; had killed; like that; little hole; mind and; mind what; other men; other people; posse comitatus; rather stout; rising bread; room together; strong cord; thirds full; this battle; total absence; would rise; young child; your children