The game was delayed when Spassky took time off (pleading illness).

"Perhaps you can plead illness and send someone in your place."

Regis bad the impression that he had intended to plead illness.

He could plead illness, spend the day in bed.

Rodney excused himself from serving on the court martial by pleading illness.

Pleading illness, he excused himself from the Governors, meeting that day and took an earlier train home.

Pleading illness, they were seeking bail from the comfort of the hospital.

Two days later, Louis pleaded illness and withdrew from the campaign.

He goes absent from work pleading illness and eventually loses his job.

Four months later he attended at the bar of the house and pleaded illness.