The winners modestly admitted that the primary reason for their victory was the poor play of their opponents.

It still wasn't absolutely perfect, he admitted modestly.

I had some part in it, yes,' I admitted modestly. '

"Yep, they are a pretty measly bunch," Billy admitted modestly.

It needs refining," he admitted modestly, "but we'll have a little while to work on it.

It had been, Pahner admitted modestly, a neat and tidy plan.

Paul admitted modestly that he played the pianoforte a little, although he was badly out of practice.

"Actually, it's even more complicated than that," he admitted modestly.

"Well, it does not always work quite so well," he admitted modestly.

Feeling like a movie queen, I modestly admitted it had, indeed, been me.