Example sentences of "was prepare [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bread never went mouldy in Algeria , which meant that so long as I was prepared for a good chew , I could always buy enough to last to the next village . |
| 2 | Michelle has an abundance of waist-length hair and although she was prepared for a radical cut , Patrick recommended keeping the length but blunt-cutting it to a clean , straight line : ‘ You do n't have to have mountains cut off to look different , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Guidance on conduct and ethics generally was prepared for a revised edition of the Guide to the Professional Conduct of Solicitors , and a complete new set of accounts rules came into force in June 1992 . |
| 4 | By 1984 the government , however , was prepared for a lengthy coal strike and refused to compromise . |
| 5 | Control medium was prepared with a similar dilution of alcohol and in a pilot study had no obvious effect on proliferation . |
| 6 | In each series of probe preparations , a wild type control was prepared in an identical manner at the same time . |
| 7 | The report was prepared by a working party set up in January to investigate large positions the American investment bank built up in MCC shares during that period but failed to disclose . |
| 8 | It was prepared by a Steering Group comprising representatives of : |
| 9 | A draft Convention was prepared by a Special Commission of the Hague Conference in February 1964 and by the 10th Session of the Conference in the following October . |
| 10 | It showed the leader board and then switched to the seventh where Krantz was preparing for a long approach putt down the kidney-shaped green . |
| 11 | At zero six hundred hours the following morning Captain Trentham gave them a full briefing : they were to be transported by ship to Boulogne , they learned , and after ten days ' further training they would be expected to march on to Etaples , where they would join their regiment under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Danvers Hamilton DSO , who , they were assured , was preparing for a massive assault on the German defences . |
| 12 | His eyes were unreadable but a small pulse at the edge of his lips was preparing for a dismissive smile . |