prior engagement

I asked him to come, but he had a prior engagement.

Was the old man still caught up in yesterday's "prior engagement"?

"However, I wouldn't have thought you had many prior engagements at the moment."

I have a prior engagement, and must pass through now."

And shall I say that you have a prior engagement?"

"She's not happy with the prior engagement ring," he said.

When the day came, Todd's partner had a prior engagement and was not able to join him.

Prior engagement,' he said, giving me a meaningful look.

The coffee was accepted but supper declined on the grounds of a prior engagement.

Herschel Walker had a prior engagement and did not help out during the first day of the task except over the phone.

And after all, I knew that you couldn't plead a prior engagement.'

As then, as if he'd just remembered a prior engagement, he abruptly stood up to take his leave of her.

She reveals her knowledge of the prior engagement with Angela, and berates several female office workers.

Unfortunately, one year later, Ng quit due to prior engagements.

I'm only sorry I had a prior engagement, otherwise I'd have been here much earlier.'

Khloé Kardashian missed the first day of the task due to a prior engagement.

That is, unless you have a prior engagement?"

Spencer was a veteran of at least forty prior engagements with Native Americans.

She read some thank-you notes from prior engagements.

This comes after only three prior engagements.

"I seem to have a prior engagement.

'Actually, Jarrett,' she said, 'I've already got a prior engagement.

Kuhn argued that he had a prior engagement that he could not break.

How do you claim prior engagements in such a small community, when Billy calls you three weeks in advance?

"Nostalgia is important," Ms. Pogrebin said firmly, although she has a prior engagement.