1.   Mr Lewis regrets that he is unable to attend, owing to a previous engagement.

2.   She also wondered if she had put him off by telling him of her previous engagement and how wary of love it had left her.

3.   I was upset when my two previous engagements broke up, but that was a long time ago.

4.   A previous engagement prevented me from attending the memorial service at First Baptist Church at the Mall, where he was a member.

5.   A Vatican aide said that the sheik had leaned over and told the pope he had a previous engagement.

6.   Chuck Finley and Jim Edmonds, however, have committed to previous engagements.

7.   However, Crabtree and Angels second baseman Adam Kennedy are believed to have a previous engagement at a card show.

8.   Meredith had to decline because of a previous engagement.

9.   Those who departed had previous pressing engagements.

10.   Williams had won both their previous engagements.