He promised to mend his ways.
The bank has promised to extend you credit.
The promised target is no different to that already passed by the House of Representatives, and considerably lower than what other rich countries (especially in Europe) have promised.
He promised to come,but so far he has not turned up.
I promised to buy her a new engagement ring if we didn't marry by the end of this year.
But Mr Abbas has promised that, after his UN bid, he will restart talks on forming a government with Hamas, which loathes the secular Mr Fayyad.
Walking through the years like lotus, the lotus in full pool will come to the same season in the same season, but the people who had promised the old days would never come again.
Good, you promised.
As promised, O'keefe had documented his charge.
They've promised a thorough inquiry into the plane crash.
The point I realized was this – I never promised the universe that I would write brilliantly; I only promised the universe that I would write.
She moved all the way from San Francisco to New York believing that Frank would marry her as he promised.
The council was promised a dollar for every barrel of oil produced in the province but the cash has yet to be seen.
Already she has said, through her lawyer, that she will accept no restrictions on her movement. And she has promised to speak to her supporters at her party headquarters on November 14th.
I promised efficiencies and effectiveness.
The firm promised a wage increase to the workers/promised the workers a wage increase.
Ministers promised what they called an ‘iron fist’ to restore order.
The junta has promised to hold polls in 2010 and return the country to semi-civilian rule.
In 2009, in response to soaring prices, food riots and disruption to world trade, rich governments also began to worry about agriculture, and promised to do something about its problems.
He promised to use his influence.
Sorry, I promised someone else in this tango.
He then promised, in a loose translation, to "stink like mud" in trying to push the country forward.
That was what Mr Obama once promised; but he now seems to realise that a rapid retreat from Iraq would be disastrous both for that country and for America's reputation in the region.
I don't remember I ever promised that.
Arab women await deliverance from the dark cage of veiling to a promised garden of enlightenment.
The Bank of England's then deputy governor promised his wife he would not be long, but more than a hour later was still pacing up and down Great Queen Street.
Wang promised and went back down the mountain.
You find that some people dare to promise anything, think that the other side is frivolous, can slowly know that he promised to do.
A black suit, a long skirt, went to the promised land.
He promised never to betray the organization.
He readily promised to help.
Financial markets promised prosperity; instead they have brought hardship.
Deluded with power, Anakin even promised that he could depose the Emperor, and make the galaxy exactly what he and Padmé wanted it to be.
Mr Assange's lawyer said he detected “dark forces” (ie, America) at work, and promised that his client would fight any extradition attempts.
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