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1. Before she could open her mouth with a good excuse, the old man began rambling again
2. Whether it was water on the kitchen floor, crayon scribbles on the walls, the dog put on the roof, or dead rats stinking up the pantry, Millie always had the same excuse: mermaids
3. She changed her clothes as an excuse for putting her bag back in the boat with her other clothes and the maps
4. “Listen” may sound self-explanatory, but it’s a well-known fact that adolescents will run wild using “no one understands me” as an excuse
5. Don’t give them that excuse
6. "Excuse me, I have to go urinate in a cup," he whispered to them, then turned
7. "Travis, I have to take this call, please excuse me
8. There was always an excuse, wasn’t there? A good reason to do nothing at all
9. This was an excuse
10. In replacing those two words (though He is indeed the Creator), we have allowed an excuse as to why people should not submit to spiritual authority
11. Angie stressed that you were suffering post-migraine effects at the time of the attack so I daresay there is some excuse – just you ensure it does not happen again!
12. "Oh excuse me please" was my reply
13. He said, "Please excuse me too;
14. I have to say that she was horrified when she heard that you’d been attacked – she’s been seriously scared, Karalintze … not that I’d want to excuse her action or in any way minimise the awful attack you experienced, but she never intended you any harm
15. "My parent's religion, that is the only excuse I have," Alan said
16. I personally think that he was just looking for a legitimate excuse for Gilla to throw her arms round him … but that could be me being sceptical, I suppose!
17. No Time: the greatest excuse
18. Their parentfolk happily accepted their excuse as it
19. His excuse to his working
20. Excuse me, Collin, may I interrupt you
21. Please excuse this intrusion, but we see that you are in trouble and we would like to help
22. read this, that he loves her and makes no excuse
23. for it, nor does he excuse his leaving of her
24. He turned around and looked at Kate with wide eyes and gave her hand a quick tight squeeze; he made a flimsy excuse and left them
25. she makes her excuse;
26. They looked at each other and grinned in excitement; made an excuse and then hurried to the hatching grounds
27. There had been a few cups at that table and Desa and Luray are similar in size and shape so he had an excuse for not noticing right away
28. Then all at once, Alexis stood up, saluted again and said, 'Please excuse me, sir, now I have to prepare for the funeral services
29. This was another excuse for symbolism that was telling me that they were watching over me and that I would be fine
30. “Oh my manners, excuse me, my name is Lady Emily
31. “Lady Kate, excuse my interruption, but Jake said you had need of my services
32. It had nothing to do with these signals, the signals were simply the excuse
33. She wanted out of the marriage and would use whatever excuse was handy
34. It would do no good to give this up and pursue her, it would only cause her to find another excuse
35. It didn't matter, for her this was only an excuse
36. Just as I was about to throw the raki down my throat, he laid his hand on my arm, 'No, no, no! Excuse me sir, the raki is for you to rub on your face
37. If she wasn’t using these condensates as an excuse to end their marriage she would have shortcut her duty to the captain to help him decode these signals
38. I believe Lord Boras is looking for an excuse to challenge me; he could become a problem
39. "Or she could be trapping you in grounds for divorce, you said she was just looking for an excuse
40. "That's her excuse, but it's a cover
41. Sitting here in this lovely room with a real fire in the grate and with Suzanne drifting out of the stereo’s speakers, Annie felt that, even in her poverty stricken state, life was still better lived than made into an excuse for not trying
42. Tarak cleared his throat, “Please excuse this late call, I just stopped by to inform you that Lord Duncan is resting
43. Smartass, that was supposed to be my excuse
44. The fact that Ava was now enthusiastic about the discoveries proved that she was only looking for a way out and had used his dedication to this research as an excuse
45. 'Ahem, excuse me,' I said as the shopkeeper scanned Vidya up and down
46. "Excuse me, I think this is a matter for a moment's private discussion
47. “Lord Boras could use this as an excuse to cause trouble
48. start and if there was a reasonable excuse to miss
49. I hope you will excuse the rantings of a totally besotted man, but from the moment I first saw Anna, standing in the doorway of the church, I was lost
50. ‘My excuse is that I’d lost track of the time
1. Athnu excused himself, but Ava knew Kulai would know every detail of their embrace and who it was that initiated what
2. He stayed calm but let her do the talking, then excused himself to the compost can
3. "You could be excused, doing it to the person who left you to wake up in Dromedia," she replied
4. I had gone swimming first!” he excused himself
5. He excused himself and went to the bathroom
6. You are excused
7. Kai excused himself and left the room
8. They excused themselves and headed towards the garden walkway
9. Rayne finished first and excused herself and went directly to her rooms
10. He quickly excused himself and headed for the Bay area where a hovercraft was waiting for him
11. Alexei excused himself and headed to the bridge
12. Tevid excused himself for a moment and returned to everyone’s surprise with her coat
13. He excused himself from the group and personally saw to it that a robust fire was prepared, and the softest bedding was laid on their bed
14. Tarak and Rayne excused themselves and retired early
15. She excused herself and joined Tarak at the front of the party
16. Lord Dorsal turned to his mate and nodded and she excused herself for a moment
17. Unexpectedly, Bram excused himself from the other two for a
18. White Feathers, who had followed the ladies' tete a tete without interruption, rose and excused himself with his compliments to each for their hospitality and attractive company, then he was out the door
19. Hasting excused himself quickly but politely, “I must attend to the other customers
20. The young pretender then quickly excused herself from the young gentleman and when she was at once in the street, she was immediately joined by the taller lady who took the girl's elbow in her hand and directed her to the hotel and on into the lobby
21. “When you are quite sure you can do no more, replace the examination into the envelope and place it on my desk, and you may be excused
22. Harry excused himself, saying only that Kaitlyn wished for Chloe to instruct her in the art of angling and that he'd been conscripted for the first go
23. Never could get your head round the idea that men have to be excused because they are men and therefore susceptible, whilst women should know better and are the evil influence – the old Adam and Eve thing
24. When the conversation developed in to a more extensive one, on the usage of hot springs, she excused herself and took a seat out under a tall pine for shade
25. Suddenly she’d an idea, and had to do some research, so she quickly excused herself, and started the three quarter mile trek, back to the Big House
26. " Emma excused herself, while stepping in front of the mirror
27. But as soon as possible, Chloe excused herself, saying that she must lie down
28. excused from training, so their tutors could attend the trial
29. I excused myself from the celebrations, and quietly went to
30. At this point Zarko’s parents excused themselves to retire to their sleeping quarters and the three youngsters ended up alone in the lounge
31. Being excused for her tardiness, she then quickly grabbed the menu, signaled to the waiter to take their orders, and began to devour the appetizers and down the drink that were awaiting her while chattering non-stop about a myriad of details related to her clothing stores and the up and downside of the operations
32. Darniil was satisfied and he and his friends excused themselves to go and prepare
33. Lerukka promptly excused himself to go and work his field
34. Sebastian nodded and excused himself, turning to leave the room, Victoria following on his heels
35. Everyone had excused themselves from the table with
36. Finally Shelagh finished her drink, which she had been sipping slowly and excused herself, saying that the lounge was getting too smoky for her and she was heading home
37. ” I excused myself
38. “That doesn’t matter go and get some sleep your excused duties for the rest of the night and just let me say well done once again”, and they went off happy with their bits of wire
39. Such a choice should not be excused, by any rational society
40. I excused myself with the thought that it must have been the old movie
41. She asked to be excused, and took her bottle into what must have been her
42. He ate seconds, excused himself and
43. When the meal was over, she excused herself and retreated into the library, taking down the family copy of the Bible, delving into Corinthians
44. As soon as Stan gave him Frank’s address, William hastily dropped a dollar on the table, excused himself and practically ran out of the restaurant
45. Others argued the crimes were excused by wartime circumstances
46. Uncle Hobart was holding forth on his favourite topic, himself, and listening to him you'd have been excused for thinking that he'd spent his childhood as Oliver Twist
47. What were you saying again?” she excused and
48. table very despondent, excused himself, and left the room to attend to another patient
49. Chief to be excused
50. could be excused for the last two rounds
1. excuses causes God to forgiven you without hesitations
2. If you said, “I’m going to do this” and you don’t honor that commitment, have them call you out on it, and don’t make excuses,
3. It is amazing that we always find excuses to justify our
4. They made excuses about how busy their lives had been
5. Of, course, they always find plenty of other excuses: success in business, increase of wealth, religious, racial or political discrimination etc
6. We cannot come up with excuses that we would like heaven, but God wants to send every sinner to hell
7. Alan had nearly earned Nuran's wrath a few times with some pretty thin excuses for fending her off
8. One of the fishermen comes to the table, excuses the mess, and puts down a glass of water, 'For you
9. I’ve just realised that you were only making excuses so we could escape
10. Despite the fact that I’m blonde and qualify as petite, as soon as a guy finds out I’ve got a brain between my ears, he generally makes excuses and leaves
11. Billy smiles at Bex and the ladies, and excuses himself, picks up his beer and walks over to where Ted is sitting
12. He was going to babble on with random excuses wasn’t he?
13. I would’ve looked like a dick head standing there, babbling excuses of why
14. “All excuses that in the long run
15. Me … a pretty ordinary, middle-aged woman … and he wants me… me with all my insecurities and idiocies … He’d been surprised when he’d realised my age … nasty moment … half expected him to make excuses and run away … underestimated him seriously … made a point of convincing me that age gap does not matter … remarkably efficient at convincing … his hands … phew … quiver at the thought … must be getting used to it … starting to retain some basic mental functions whilst thinking of him (thank goodness) … laugh
16. A few minutes later, she excuses herself and goes over to where Peter is standing munching his breakfast
17. make excuses to leave, when Collette began her reply:
18. No amount of excuses could hide the fact, that he just simply wanted nothing to do with the place
19. the part of her husband, and now he was out of excuses
20. They are always giving, making excuses for the abuser, and
21. crime excuses you from all pity, monsieur,’ he said
22. excuses to Coach Demera on the whys and wherefores of the their absences
23. That she hasn’t sold me off at once, Nerissa realized, or even invented excuses to punish me, means she fears Theoton’s reaction
24. She’d find excuses to walk through the sailors’ quarter,
25. “If it’s all the same to you, I’d rather not give him additional excuses
26. And there are no excuses
27. I used several of the following excuses for not taking action on some of my dreams
28. Alexander could make excuses, but that wouldn’t stop Security
29. There was no way of getting through to speak to even an associate, they just fobbed me off with lame excuses
30. Necessity, however, always forced him to submit at last, though frequently not till after many delays, evasions, and affected excuses
31. understand every single point so that you can stop making excuses as to why certain women
32. I envisioned the day when neighbors would refuse an invitation to lunch, make excuses when invited to a dinner party
33. ‘There’s no need to make excuses for me, captain
34. Presuming that there was likely to be no more information, the adventurers made their excuses, promising to tell Balzar about his brother when the retrieved the Globe, and Bleanor led them out to the blistering desert sands
35. So did her mother, except she suspected him of having an affair, when excuses for the long hours were becoming increasingly lame
36. They had wonderful excuses proclaiming why they were right and the rest of the world wrong, but it all came down to them wanting to maintain political power above all else
37. When he did not respond, she forced herself not to utter more preemptive excuses
38. Your policy towards reasons and excuses should be different
39. Never negotiate with a person who offers only excuses
40. Social ―improprieties‖ (I am being generous) are oftentimes conveniently sidestepped or (casually) dismissed by ―social-minded‖ reformers who, eager for ―root‖ causes, worsen matters by making (implausible) excuses like ―social disease‖ or introducing psycho-babble into the equation rather than holding these tiresome individuals responsible for their actions
41. from myself and began inventing excuses and all that sort of thing, but
42. Your long haired excuses may be used in court for a reduced sentence
43. out all the excuses and just do it
44. You will see that the fear and excuses fall away once
45. There is to this day much bitterness amongst the policemen who took the brunt of the fighting without air support for it was only much later that the Air Force became involved because of political excuses which I for one am not the least interested in hearing
46. But instead this claim makes excuses for racism
47. Most who argue in favor of the bomb's use or make excuses for the mass deaths of Japanese civilians have a very racist image of the Japanese
48. It also helped having teachers who shared the same values and interests as their parents; who taught without recourse (to excuses)
49. Our society should be addressing such issues in a straight-forward manner, instead of (indirectly) subsidizing such behavior on the chance that the problem(s) will magically disappear on their own accord or by making feeble excuses that may score political points in some circles; whose implausible assumptions, however, are likely to enflame passions
50. excuses just to be able to…” he paused searching for appropriate
1. You see I don't take that passage as forbidding me, but more like it is excusing me
2. witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;)
3. ” Thus excusing herself, she left Miss Hill by herself in the little room
4. The man in the street will have various opinions; excusing one man and condemning the other
5. After excusing himself, he
6. stand and excusing himself to it
7. “I’ll get it for you,” he said and he raced out, bumping into the coat rack and excusing himself
8. I heard him excusing himself from the office and a door closed behind him
9. and the Girls Sewing Society, and include in the audience all and any Methodists who have been criticizing the Merediths--although I do think if we Presbyterians stopped criticizing and excusing we would find that other denominations would trouble themselves very little about our manse folks
10. “I'm excusing William with his teacher
11. “That was amazing, thank you,” I say before excusing myself
12. First, Marcuse is excusing the slaughters done by
13. They were excusing their actions, absolving
14. Excusing himself he went to take the call
15. and tapped people on the shoulder, excusing himself as he made his way through the
16. After excusing ourselves somewhat earlier than she expected, we arrived back at the old house at eight o'clock
17. Excusing herself, she went to the drinks cabinet, even though the hour was still early, she poured herself a generous amount of whisky and on second thoughts, she then carefully poured William one too
18. Excusing herself with Bella, Nancy went next to the desk occupied by Mike Crawford, her case and bags in her hands
19. Excusing herself with Prince Len, who would have discussed more history with her, Nancy escorted Margaret to their room and put her into the huge bed
20. Excusing herself with the major and with the captain of the MEIGS , Ingrid ran down the gangplank and along the quay to Reading’s jeep, jumping in it and explaining to the corporal driving it what she wanted to do
21. “There is one other thing,” Lady Jane added to prevent him from excusing himself so that she could supply further information as yet unrevealed which may drive the nail further into the proverbial coffin
22. � Stepping aside while excusing herself, she saluted the general and was ready to leave when the general stopped her with a gesture of the hand
23. � Excusing herself for a moment, Nancy went back to the intercom to pass that information to Stilwell, with the request that he passed it further on the radio
24. excusing so much of the misinformation and rationalizing it, it wasn’t
25. “I knew she would be unable to handle the news,” he thought, excusing her odd behavior
26. Excusing himself with his two companions, Vandenberg left the club at an hurried pace and went to his car, putting his golf bag in the trunk before sitting behind the wheel and driving away towards the nearby Pentagon
27. Many historians consider Hitler a taboo subject, partly because the examination of his life might be seen as a step towards humanising him and excusing his crimes
28. Seeing at one point many of the Bruins players leave the lounge to go upstairs in apparent haste, Patricia exchanged contact information with Peter before excusing herself and going herself to the upper floor
29. Excusing himself with Élyse for a moment, Duon ran to Ann and stopped in front of her
30. “Again, my pleasure,” Garcia said, taking both her hands in his, affectionately, before excusing
31. The waitress smiled, nodded in such a way as to suggest bowing, before excusing herself
32. “If you’ll excuse me, I have another fire to put out,” Garcia said, excusing
33. Excusing himself for a moment with Pierre and Jeanne, the governor left the lounge and went to see his assistant-prosecutor, who was hiding in the governor’s office adjacent to the lounge
34. Excusing herself with her courtiers, Queen Anne went after her son, finding him sulking in his bedroom
35. After excusing himself, the cashier left his wicket and went to a private office located behind the service counter
36. Furnbecker - I just need a few tools from my truck" he said excusing himself and retrieving his toolbox
37. Excusing himself with Vanessa Rodman, Hurst went to meet Lake and quickly explained to him what seemingly happened, then showed him his notes
38. By now impressed by the Christian spirit of mutual help and charity of the newcomers, Closse finished his stew and, excusing himself, left to continue his inspection tour
39. In either event, the people in therapy needed to be guided into an attitude of personal responsibility, not excusing themselves or blaming others from their pasts
40. One of the greatest lessons in the Bible is that the children of Israel, having received the goodness of God, refused to break out of their negative complaining, whinging, whining, blaming, excusing behaviour and in the end God said well what you've been saying is what's going to happen
41. have used the concept of justice itself as a weapon, excusing
42. Excusing myself to Mrs
43. Excusing herself, the young woman directed the children towards
44. Now that she'd seen him, it would be entirely unacceptable to simply turn and leave without excusing himself
45. What were the results of both hominids and humans excusing their killing for millions of year?
46. Jewish humor is based upon rationalizing and excusing the worst evils on earth
47. Then he began to leave the party, excusing himself from the soccer players
48. Gripping his hand, still not excusing him for what he had done, but a great weight shifted
49. "I thought, my father," said Lucie, excusing herself, with a pale face and in a faltering voice, "that I heard strange feet upon the stairs
50. This plan succeeded; and Signor Pastrini himself ran to him, excusing himself for having made his excellency wait, scolding the waiters, taking the candlestick from the porter, who was ready to pounce on the traveller and was about to lead him to Albert, when Morcerf himself appeared