I would have joined you for dinner, but I had already eaten.

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I'm so sorry I missed dinner, I had already eaten.

I would have loved to join you, but unfortunately, I'd already had dinner.

Thanks for the invite, but I'd already eaten.

I was going to go out, but I ate earlier.

I regret that I was unable to join you for dinner, as I had previously dined.

I wish I could have made it, but I was already full.

I couldn't come because I ate already.

Expresses a conditional past action that did not happen.

Indicates a past action completed before another past action.