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• if I make a promise, I always stick to it;  he broke his promise
• He purſued Andrew Houſtoun upon his promiſe, to give him the like Sallary for the next year, and in abſence obtained him to be holden as confeſt and Decerned.
• My native country was full of youthful promise.
• The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.
• She shows great promise as an actress.
• He [...] commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father.
• Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[...]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
• If you promise not to tell anyone, I will let you have this cake for free.
• She promised me it was her first time.
• He promised to never return to this town again.
• She promised me a big kiss if I pick her up for the airport.
• I can't promise success, but I'll do the best I can.
• The clouds promise rain.
• I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.