Again, the governor did not say precisely what he meant by his promise.
But at least she'd stuck by her promise not to come into his room unless he said it was okay.
And she still felt bound by the promise though he had changed meanwhile to - this!
Our society lives by the promise of opportunity equally distributed to all.
"By the promise I made to free humanity," the prince said.
He found it hard to imagine being persuaded to go anywhere by the promise of music.
We are willing to live side by side on the land and the promise of the future.
And so, almost mesmerized by the promise of what he had offered, she nodded.
She felt distanced from them by her promise to Alan.
He was with another boy of the same age, both drawn by the promise of $135 each for a year's labor.