Oh yes," she said, "my husband has promised me a surprise.

She went on to say that her husband had promised to phone her if he wasn't going to be back by suppertime.

"We'll try again soon," my husband promised, as we pulled back onto the road.

"Over my dead body," her husband promised, looking up to smile at her.

Our husbands put the money we would have spent in jars and promised us both a trip if we quit.

She said a thoughtful husband might promise to go away for a few days - with the children, of course.

In their marriage contract, her husband promised to buy her a coach.

But as a dutiful wife, she managed to put a good face on it, particularly after her husband promised they would return again in the spring.

Mrs. Kawuda said her husband had promised not to take any more wives.

Her husband was very forthcoming regarding his affair with another woman, and promised his wife it would never happen again.