Example sentences of "promise [to-vb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | St John approved of my keenness to work , and promised to find me some paid employment . |
| 2 | But Posi promised to lower me slowly , to raise minimal dist from where the beam hit the ground . |
| 3 | Koo Stark was out there in the powder room and seemed to identify with my predicament ; indeed she promised to procure me a long thin-necked vessel and return . |
| 4 | You promised to help me . |
| 5 | Chris promised to help me buy the drinks and organize the that side of it getting the drinks . |
| 6 | Gen Morillon , after talks in Belgrade , said : ‘ President Milosevic promised to help me in the implementation of every request I have made , that is the immediate ceasefire . ’ |
| 7 | The manager of the Hotel España was very kind and thoughtful : he would have to let my apartment while I was away , should anyone want it , but promised to let me have it back when I returned after the funeral . |
| 8 | Celia promised to let me know , but I have n't seen her for weeks . ’ |
| 9 | He promised to give me a silver coin every month for doing this . |
| 10 | As we ate , Dr Jaffery promised to give me a ring the following morning to confirm that the festival was going to be celebrated . |
| 11 | ‘ I expect it 's Vera — she promised to give me a recipe for salmon mousse . |
| 12 | She did once promise to leave me something — can I get hold of her will ? |
| 13 | Always out for a laugh , I mentioned that his volumes of ‘ free verse ’ were costing me up to $2. per copy , and he promised to send me his next book . |
| 14 | He promised to send me a card . |
| 15 | He promised to send me a fucking picture postcard . |
| 16 | He promised to send me a list , but I told him not to bother . |
| 17 | ‘ You promised to wake me . ’ |
| 18 | And if Little Chef goes into a real decline will you promise to ring me ? ’ |
| 19 | How nearly you promised to marry me ! |
| 20 | Before he went , Connors promised to get me a rundown on the police activity in the Fourth Precinct following the incident at the back of the Regal Arms . |
| 21 | I promised to see that Constanza would get to Brussels on time , and he promised to take me behind the scenes of the art world . |
| 22 | ‘ Now , my dear , ’ she said to Cobalt , ‘ you promised to take me home . |
| 23 | Rosie promised to take me on her next day off . ’ |
| 24 | And you promised to tell me why and how it ended . |
| 25 | ‘ You promised to tell me all about it . |
| 26 | I saw this ad on the back of a matchbox which promised to show me the way to achieve success without having to go through college . |
| 27 | He promised to bring me a few notes from which I could prepare a draft but he never did . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Well , Father 's promised to buy me a small practice when I 'm qualified , which will be in a few months . |
| 29 | Oh , yes , I know I 've got tomorrow off as well , but David 's off today too , and he 's promised to ferry me around if I need to go from place to place . ’ |
| 30 | She 's promised to give me some schooling if I can get to chapel in the mornings . |