Sentence examples for we were promptly from inspiring English sources

His presence lent an air of authority, and we were promptly waved through.

We were promptly met by the owner, Jean-Charles Fabiani, a painter who had grown up in one of the neighboring towns and, along with his wife, Martine, had opened the B&B several years ago.

"With the safe and sustainable review, we were promptly told it (the surgery) wouldn't be in Belfast, that it would either be in Dublin or in Birmingham.

We launched this guide in mid-December, and we were promptly totally bowled over by the enthusiasm and energy that came back to us people forming groups all over the country to put it into action.

In honor of Mother's Day, we asked The New York Public Library's extraordinary bibliophiles to discuss the books their moms would recommend and we were promptly deluged with stories of wonderful moms near and far who taught their children to love the written word.

But when we present an offer based on those figures, we are promptly rejected and lectured about not being serious buyers.

We're promptly putting these on our splurge-worthy list.

We arrived and were promptly deposited on the side of the highway, about five miles from the actual town of Cotacachi.

Activists were promptly redeployed.

They were promptly stolen.

Both buildings were promptly demolished.