1.   He slipped off his black overcoat before stepping forward to recite the oath of office.

2.   Candidates for citizenship reciting the oath of allegiance to the United States with all the ardor that they could muster.

3.   As initiation, the rookies last year had to sit in a tub of ice water while they recited an oath.

4.   As she recited the oath of allegiance, tears streamed from her eyes.

5.   Even as he recited the oath of office he altered the constitutional text.

6.   She was so overcome with emotion that she barely was able to recite the oath.

7.   A smile kept crossing as he recited the oath.

8.   Speaking for less than a minute, Yeltsin recited the oath slowly and loudly, although his speech seemed slurred at times.

9.   The oath is traditionally recited by a single athlete.

10.   Crowds cheered when a girl climbed on top of a lorry and recited the oath of the Soviet youth movement, the Pioneers.