"Johnsy,dear," said Sue, "will you promise me to keep your eyes closed, and not look out the window until I am done working?

VOA: special.2009.08.01

I promise that what I have told you today is true C cross my heart.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

if you chose Chicago, I will promise you this: Chicago will make America proud and America will make the world proud,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

"I promise you this - things are going to return to normal."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

"On Tuesday,after a year of debate and a century of trying, after so many of you shared your stories and your heartaches and your hopes, that promise was finally fulfilled.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

And if you don't kill us I'll do my best to protect you.'" Swan has kept the promise, his eyes opened to environmental problems made worse by a warming climate.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Listen, you promise mesomething, O. K?

VOA: standard.other

That is a promise that I make to you,". The president did not specifically mention Afghanistan in his talk to the troops, but he is expected to send thousands more service members to fight there.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

"It is a promise that as long as I am your Commander in Chief, I will only send you into harm's way when it is absolutely necessary, and with the strategy, the well-defined goals, the equipment and the support you need to get the job done,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

Promise This-When You be Dying- Some shall summon Me- "And that way in which she says 'when you be dying', that's so classically the way African Americans structure their sentences, with that interesting use of 'be,'" "Maid as Muse" author Aife Murray says writing her book was a way for her to give credit where credit is due - to the unsung men and women whose language and culture enhanced the work of one of America's best-loved poets.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22