Sentence examples for begging pardon from inspiring English sources

Begging pardon, but isn't a new roadway a little uninspired?

Certain images stand out in the long stretches of papal history: Emperor Henry IV barefoot in the snow begging pardon from Pope Gregory VII at Canossa in 1077.

"Begging pardon?" "A joke.

Stop begging pardon for everything.

Why always this stupid reflex of begging pardon?

"Beg pardon?" Emil said.

"Did Toynbee write history books?" "Beg pardon?

"Beg pardon?" She repeated her request, pantomiming, pointing at him, then back at herself.

"Beg pardon?" we would shout satirically at each other, cupping our hands to our ears.

Then, from inside, came the utterance, "No, thanks!" "Beg pardon?" the boy asked.

"Beg pardon, Ma'am, but we have three main dining rooms," he said.