After promises to be prompt for the executive board meeting that night, Caldwell and Cantor went their separate ways.

Friends and opponents alike say they are generally pleased, but some say his pace may be too slow after such firm promises.

After a brutal assault, and promises of more, she escapes to another world through the light of the matches.

After repeated promises to keep the carrier under the table and well out of sight, everyone was allowed to sit down.

The protesters dispersed after promises that they would not be arrested on the spot.

Or only on the fringes, allowed in after promises of exemplary behaviour?

But after a half-hour, and several promises of assistance, the meeting ended more or less amicably.

At first he refused to surrender, even after promises of being allowed to rule.

It seems he was persuaded to marry her after certain unspecified promises from the king.

Whatever Devlin wanted from him she was sure, after tonight, and promises of other nights, it would be delivered.