Sentence examples for lines of excuse from inspiring English sources

You might startle her if you begin talking without warning, so it's good to open with something along the lines of "Excuse me, but I saw you walk by a few minutes ago, and just wanted to say 'hi'... " and go from there.

"The line of excuse that we can live with inequality as long as no one is getting worse is just no longer there".

"If we'd played 32 games really hard this season and then we played a game like we did last night, then it's understandable," Van Gundy said today after his team practiced at SUNY-Purchase. "But unfortunately, I think that was just another in a long line of excuses that we give ourselves.

And it looks like the conservation thing is the last in a long line of government excuses for trying to snatch the 1,500 square km of Maasai land.

They also use these loss of lines as an excuse to raise rates -- your rates.

Its commitment to down-home values, meticulously researched back stories and be-all-you-can-be girl power has a seductive wholesomeness: alongside the flagship line of historical dolls (excuse me, "characters"), your daughter can play in a past where low-rise jeans are as unthinkable as high-rise apartments.

He gave some excuse along the lines of the dog eating his address book.

Five minutes later, another of us exits on a similarly mundane excuse along the lines of "I have to check something"..

Five minutes later, another of us exits on a similarly mundane excuse along the lines of "I have to check something"...

At first, when he was late back in the evening, his arrival was accompanied by an excuse, usually along the lines of, 'Terribly sorry.

"This may be some kind of excuse.