Sentence examples for ask for a pledge from inspiring English sources

Instead of charging an entry fee to an event, say, ask for a pledge instead.

Justice Scalia, in his dissent, said that the government had every right to ask for a pledge — that it was no more intrusive than a decision not to turn over tax money to shady characters like Hamas or "cigar aficionados".

Only John Redwood, a former cabinet minister and a bit of a lone voice on the right, asked for a pledge that Britain would not make further loans to euro-zone members.

That experience included what Comey called the "loyalty dinner," a week after the Inauguration, when Trump, he said, asked for a pledge of fealty; an Oval Office meeting during which Trump said, of a criminal investigation into his former national-security adviser, Michael Flynn, "I hope you can let it go"; and other instances of the President saying things that were, in Comey's view, "just a lie".

Baier believed he had a "blowtorch" to start off the debate when he asked for a pledge by all the candidates to not mount a third-party challenge if they were not chosen as the nominee.

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus has asked the Republican candidates to stop the name calling and has asked for a pledge that none of them will run as a third party candidate.

Thirty years later, Oprah Winfrey is asking for a similar pledge.

Mr Duhalde says he will ask Congress for a pledge not to block laws proposed by the next president during his first six months in office.

I was afraid to ask for the pledge money.

Someone dropped off a bottle of wine to say thank you; another asked for a contact (Grant pledges to introduce his students to anyone he knows or has met, and they shop his LinkedIn profile for just that purpose).

The Times previously reported that on January 27, Trump asked Comey for a pledge of loyalty and was rebuffed.