And you would be sitting in your chair, bent achingly forward at the waist, saying, "Beg pardon, Ray?"
Beg pardon, I didn't recognize you.
Beg pardon for not saying so sooner.
He answers in English, "Beg pardon, were you gentlemen addressing me?
Beg pardon, old mouse, can't hear you.
Beg pardon for handling you so roughly.
Borell picked up the parcel he'd carried, and with a murmured "Beg pardon," hefted it onto the bed.
Beg pardon, Annie-was She shrugged, not the least shocked by her father's choice of language.
He touched his fingers to his hat and said very softly, "Beg pardon, sir, but could not you take the horses further oil?
But he did get a chance to come back moments later, catching the late-night host using - and mispronouncing - the word "implementation," "Beg pardon?"