Sentence examples for having a prior commitment from inspiring English sources

Chiron was unable to compete, having a prior commitment to compete in the Indianapolis 500 on the same day.

She had a prior commitment and declined.

Herring's spokesman said he had a prior commitment.

However, the Israelis have a prior commitment in Crete.

Edward Hall had a prior commitment and had to be away for eight weeks to direct Henry V at Stratford.

As I had a prior commitment, David Binnington began this commission on his own, creating the original design for the mural.

He skipped the Rochester debate, saying he had a prior commitment at a budget hearing in Queens.

Mr. Bayless, who was asked once last year to cook at the White House but had a prior commitment, still can't believe his assignment.

The judge said that the delay caused by last week's bad weather meant that the trial was likely to continue into next week, and one of the original jurors had had a prior commitment.

In both cases, the reason for recasting is not the unhappy one of unsuitability or creative differences but the happiest one of being too much in demand: Piper had a prior commitment to the TV drama Penny Dreadful and Dann to the musical Made in Dagenham.

Mr McNarry has told his party in writing that he has a prior commitment.