Irritated, I ordered breakfast from room service, which promised delivery in about 20 minutes.

Tve promised them delivery in fourteen days or less.

The company promises delivery within eight hours.

Let's think about manufacturing variation for a second: Fedex promises overnight delivery.

The 64-page catalogue, with price list, offers products from 19 manufacturers, and promises 72 hours delivery for most product lines.

By direct inquiry, he had found that the syndicate could not promise delivery of uncut diamonds for several weeks to come.

The second representative, upon my return, was appropriately apologetic and promised expedited delivery.

He walked out with temporary tags, and they promised delivery of the real ones in four working days, which struck Russell as unnecessarily efficient.

He glibly promised delivery, however, and I'd imagine that he probably made good on most of those promises.

If a store is out of stock, they promise delivery within 10 days from their inventory.