| I came armed with a pair of stout histories and a promisingly thick archaeological field-guide. |
| What begins so promisingly as a satire or perhaps even comic romp leaves an uneasily nasty after-taste. |
| Demir's evening started promisingly enough as he himself fired his side ahead against Colombia. |
| It was an anti-climactic end to a game which had begun promisingly with both sides threatening to break the deadlock inside the first few minutes. |
| Yet it had all started so promisingly that those fans who dawdled on their way to the match might have missed the first try. |
| It had all begun very promisingly for Trojans as they almost took a first minute lead. |
