Sentence examples for had made a pledge from inspiring English sources

He was trying to juggle two jobs as candidate and as governor, and he had made a pledge not to run for office while being governor".

Christensen had made a pledge to God not to work on Sundays, and a pledge to his family not to work on Saturdays and to be home during the week early enough for dinner and to play ball with the kids while it was still light.

Miliband also reminded Cameron that he had made a pledge in a contract with the British people to reduce net immigration to the low tens of thousands and had asked voters to throw him out if he failed to meet the objective.

Ms. Kiernan said Mr. Rangel did not know that Mr. Isenberg had made a pledge for $1 million or any donations to City College until this summer, after an inquiry from a reporter, well after the legislation involving the loophole had been settled.

Dummy that I am, I thought the government had made a pledge to the older generation of Americans that they would receive Social Security payments according to an agreed-upon schedule, but now our president tells us that only some new-fangled private investment scheme will ensure that the government can never take our funds away.

The chronicle relates the prince's reply: Two bishops and a hermit came to Vladimir, gave him a wooden cross, and confirmed that the tsar had made a pledge of faith on it.

Miliband wins in 2015, having made a pledge to hold a referendum, which he keeps.

However, it has made a pledge to replace its cup within two to three years.

Mr Abbott has made a "pledge in blood" to repeal the carbon-tax legislation if he is elected.

Mr. Romney, despite signing a similar plan into law in Massachusetts, has made a pledge to try to "repeal Obamacare" central to his presidential campaign.

Each of us has made a pledge to be worthy of public responsibility, and that is a pledge we must never forget, never dismiss and never betray.