Example sentences of "[pron] ready for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Am I ready for the Eddie ? ’ he snorted . |
| 2 | Nor was I ready for the inconsistent treatment of the subject . |
| 3 | ‘ We 're getting her ready for the skid pan . ’ |
| 4 | See if we can get her ready for the dancing . |
| 5 | Nearer and nearer the squares came to the picture until there were only four left and Ferdinando made himself ready for the journey to Leghorn , where he would take over Gigia and Oreste from Mr Ogilvy , who continued to Rome , and see one to Florence and the other to Siena . |
| 6 | As part of its drive to improve its efficiency and make itself ready for the private sector should the Government decide to privatise it following the review of the nuclear industry next year , Scottish Nuclear recently appointed Charterhouse , the merchant bank , as its adviser . |
| 7 | Are You Ready For The Revolution ? |
| 8 | Then he says : ‘ Are you ready for the re-match . |
| 9 | ‘ I had n't considered you ready for the council yet , ’ said Frick , when Schiller had finished . |
| 10 | Are you ready for the moment of truth ? ’ |
| 11 | 'Cos I 've been told , I 've got to get you ready for the photographer . |
| 12 | And , no conferring , but are you ready for the Challenge of the Nineties ? |
| 13 | Right , are you ready for the window yet ? |
| 14 | Okay are you ready for the big ? |
| 15 | Concentrate instead on getting everything ready for the big day . |
| 16 | Here Miss Wharton , as was her custom each Wednesday and Friday , would weed out the dead flowers from the vase in front of the statue of the Virgin , scrape the wax and candle stubs from the brass holders , dust the two rows of chairs in the Lady Chapel , which would be adequate for the small congregation expected at that morning 's early Mass , and make everything ready for the arrival at nine twenty of Father Barnes . |
| 17 | Exhausting because there is never enough time it seems between being invited " to pitch " for the new business and actually getting everything ready for the big day . |
| 18 | On the contrary , all seemed set fair , and when they had loaded the packing-cases on to the cart Matey and McAllister set off for the church hall , to lay out the stall , to have everything ready for the afternoon 's visitors , Dr Neil having promised to come along to help them . |
| 19 | And they had everything ready for the squad coming in you know . |
| 20 | That 's what I says to her , like on Friday when you come in by the time we 've got yo got you summat to eat and a bath and your petrol and everything ready for the next week filled your car up , that we could call in then but like if we have Saturday night you can either go to bed , sleep on floor or do virtually what you want cos you do n't have to go on Sunday if you do n't want . |
| 21 | Taking a leaf out of her newest role model Joan Collins ’ book , Kylie never again emerged through a customs hall before spending as long as was needed to make herself ready for the waiting world . |
| 22 | Overnight it was damped down , covered with coal dust and the next morning a few turns with the bellows handle would have it ready for the day 's work . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll have it ready for the next bout . |
| 24 | The tail need not be fitted for this test , but now 's the time to attach it ready for the launch . |
| 25 | Many times after cooking and cleaning there , she would have to bring suitcases of washing back to our house in Taibach to get it ready for the next visit . |
| 26 | It then had to be washed and hung up to dry before my bucketful was " sold " to someone who got it ready for the shops . |
| 27 | B no erm the , the clerical erm staff on the erm , shall we say the traffic side increased a bit because er there was mo more and more demanding work but the ticket office , they went down , erm I have mentioned perhaps before that they had the two box system and there was about eleven , twelve , thirteen girls in there and their duty was to check a box that had been used one day , stock it up with tickets , get it ready for the day after . |
| 28 | About one o'clock in the morning he 'd be at it , getting it ready for the neighbours to collect the following day . |
| 29 | Guido reckons he 'll have it ready for the qualifying trials . ’ |
| 30 | A couple of hours of hard graft should see it ready for the next stage of its facelift , and might also tire her out enough to get some sleep . |