Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] promise [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE parents of a little boy who died after being knocked down while learning his Green Cross Code told last night how he made them promise to give his organs to suffering children . |
| 2 | Mama made me promise to feed you before she agreed to go to bed . |
| 3 | Before he went out , he made me promise to give you this . ’ |
| 4 | She made me promise to destroy them , ‘ if anything ever happens to me ’ , she said . |
| 5 | Other times she made me promise to keep them for ever , to remember her by , and say a prayer She was a bit vague who it was I was to pray to . |
| 6 | ‘ He just asked how you were , made me promise to keep an eye on you , then rang off , ’ she said , frowning . |
| 7 | My mother made me promise to have only one glass — and I 've had two already . " |
| 8 | Then she made me promise to get them back to her in one piece within a week and sold me two tickets to a Ward Bond Retrospective at her film club in Ponder 's End . |
| 9 | ‘ Doogie , did I promise to do my special punch as well ? ’ |
| 10 | They went wild and made us promise to come back and give a display , so a few weeks later we returned and gave them the whole show . |