Sentence examples for picked up promises from inspiring English sources

This is supposed to be the cut and thrust of international cricket, both teams are competing earnestly with the series in the balance and yet, as far as we can perceive, there has been a conspicuous absence of sledging; no stump mics have picked up promises of broken arms.

A guy called Francis picked up and promised me that someone would come to my rescue within half an hour.

A guy called Francis picked up and promised me that someone would come to my rescue within a half an hour.

Another service, NextJet, based in Dallas, promises to deliver packages on the same day as they are picked up.

Then things picked up.

As the melting of the Greenland ice sheet picks up pace, those solemn promises of an 80% cut in emissions by 2050 could be rendered entirely hollow by aviation.

U.S. consumer optimism faded in June as worries about jobs hurt confidence, but separate figures for the previous month showed spending had already picked up enough to promise faster economic growth.

I picked up my bootstraps, promised Carl (and his friends and family) that we would get through this.

I can't promise she'll pick up.

He is now certain to take charge against San Marino on Wednesday, although visiting a nation that has never picked up a European Championship point promises to bring pressure rather than comfort.

Using some of the tricks that the team picked up while building Roamz, Local Measure promises to show business owners what their in-store customers are sharing, even if the business isn't mentioned by name.