Sentence examples for then excused from inspiring English sources

I then excused myself to go to the toilet.

Lowell answered a few more questions and then excused himself.

She then excused herself for a smoke outside.

Von Stauffenberg then excused himself by saying he had to make a telephone call.

He then excused himself as he typed on his iPhone 4, answering a text from his mother.

He then excused himself: he had to join Biden for a telephone fund-raiser with "some Nevadans".

Then: "Excuse me".

You may, then, excuse me if this time I — as a refreshing change of pace — don't write about the most profound current subjects facing our world today.

Mr. Barstow then excuses himself to make coffee for parents of the young musicians of the Philharmonia who are about to arrive for a dress rehearsal.

"The court could simply take a recess, close the courtroom for solely the officer's testimony, and then excuse the jury prior to reopening the courtroom," they wrote.

But they can't have it both ways, claiming that austerity is just what troubled economies need and then excusing the limits of Latvia's performance by saying that the previous boom was an illusion.