Sentence examples for first promised from inspiring English sources

Trump had first promised to finance his own campaign.

It was first promised a rail line in 1890.

"Beijing first promised us one person, one vote in 2007, then in 2012," he said.

The death of Pope Gregory IX in 1241 at first promised the possibility of a resolution.

This newer group at first promised to avoid the GIA's habit of random violence.

In the face of public fury, the federal Labor government at first promised an inquiry.

The regime first promised political reform - including a written constitution - in 1962.

"Telecosm," the book, was first promised to readers as far back as 1993.

Those delays made it impossible for RIM to begin selling the new phones early in 2012, as it first promised.

The contest to succeed him as party president, and thus prime minister, at first promised to be lively.

That Debussy first promised the role of Mélisande to Maeterlinck's mistress and then abruptly reneged did not help their relations.