Promised can be categorized as a verb.
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| promise - make a promise or commitment | ||
| promise - promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort" | ||
| promise - give grounds for expectations; "The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory" | ||
| promise - make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" |
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| 1. | verb | The interim government has promised security measures that would reduce the violence on the day of elections, but I fail to see how they will be able to protect all 5,000 (or so) balloting centres. | |
| 2. | verb | ‘’President Musharraf promised to help us and cooperate with us on curbing terrorist activity by the Taliban,’’ says Karzai. | |
| 3. | verb | Torrey, as promised I have attached ARCO's suggested revisions to the Enron online trading agreement. | |
| 4. | verb | Parties, attached is the promised ruling that provides procedural guidance for the hearings on 12/27 and 12/28. | |
| 5. | verb | "It marks the first time in recent years that China has promised to wield its veto power in the UN Security Council against a petition initiated by the United States and backed by France and Great Britain." | |
| 6. | verb | Hopless service, at the time of booking my car a lot was promised but delivered not even one tenth of what was promised. | |
| 7. | verb | You do NOT learn the things you were promised. | |
| 8. | verb | Also, I was promised to have my test results emailed to me, but it never happened, and after a few attempts to get Dr. Romanick on the phone to brief me on my condition, I finally gave up and went to a different doctor. | |
| 9. | verb | They promised it'd be done within an hour, so I waited in the lobby. | |
| 10. | verb | You can count on the $3,000 I have promised you. | |
| 11. | verb | Our professor promised to hold off on the final exam for another week. | |
| 12. | verb | We expect you to carry out what you have once promised. | |
| 13. | verb | I have promised myself to read more books. | |
| 14. | verb | Mary promised her mother that she would help her more often. | |
| 15. | verb | To Bob's disappointment, several of those who had promised to help him afterwards backed out. |
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| The interim government has promised security measures that would reduce the violence on the day of elections, but I fail to see how they will be able to protect all 5,000 (or so) balloting centres. |
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| ‘’President Musharraf promised to help us and cooperate with us on curbing terrorist activity by the Taliban,’’ says Karzai. |
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| Torrey, as promised I have attached ARCO's suggested revisions to the Enron online trading agreement. |
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| Parties, attached is the promised ruling that provides procedural guidance for the hearings on 12/27 and 12/28. |
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| "It marks the first time in recent years that China has promised to wield its veto power in the UN Security Council against a petition initiated by the United States and backed by France and Great Britain." |
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| Hopless service, at the time of booking my car a lot was promised but delivered not even one tenth of what was promised. |
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| You do NOT learn the things you were promised. |
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| Also, I was promised to have my test results emailed to me, but it never happened, and after a few attempts to get Dr. Romanick on the phone to brief me on my condition, I finally gave up and went to a different doctor. |
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| They promised it'd be done within an hour, so I waited in the lobby. |
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| You can count on the $3,000 I have promised you. | |
| Our professor promised to hold off on the final exam for another week. | |
| We expect you to carry out what you have once promised. | |
| I have promised myself to read more books. | |
| Mary promised her mother that she would help her more often. | |
| To Bob's disappointment, several of those who had promised to help him afterwards backed out. | |