Sentence examples for before promptly from inspiring English sources

Mr Holmberg confronted the thief, who did not resist, before promptly calling the police.

He had just graduated days before, promptly enlisting in the Army.

We're in the stretch, aren't we?" Mr. Romney said before promptly changing the subject and pointing to the sky.

(Haven't Bat-baddies ever heard of taking over the world?) "Ready?" says George before promptly hitting the gas.

He added to these an assured understanding of how far he might reasonably go… before promptly taking two steps further.

Two years ago a large, carefully planned piece of research hit the headlines for a couple of days, before promptly disappearing.

The town passed zoning regulations once before, then promptly repealed them.

A simple breakfast of oatmeal, a bagel and coffee (ordered the night before) arrived promptly at 7 30 a.m., but cost a staggering $54, including service charge and tip.

Radames Montero, a retired banker who did a double take at the trucks before him, promptly lined up with his wife, Pearl, and their 2-year-old granddaughter, Grace.

But when the new, revolutionary, easy-to-program clock arrived the afternoon before, I promptly set the alarm for 5 a.m. just to test it and forgot to turn it off before going to bed.

And James McGreevey, a Democrat who was well ahead in the polls even before September 11th, promptly went out of his way to praise Mr DiFrancesco.Mr Schundler has apologised for any misunderstanding, insisting that he was merely trying to argue that the New Jersey militia and the state's police force needed more training and equipment to deal with terrorism.