"But sir, I could never have got here in time for you to send a force to take those ships."

"See here, sir, we'd better get one or two things straight right now."

Sir, we should get to the rest of the army.

Sir, you should know they may not get those orders right away.

"Yes, sir, but are any of them relevant now we've got Pierce with the hair and blood?"

"One more thing, sir, and we'll get out of your hair."

As you said, sir, he never gets much distance away from it.

Sir, we've got something coming in low and fast from the east, not responding to calls.

Sir, you've got to understand that I wasn't being purely selfish about this.