Example sentences of "[was/were] [be] prepared [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I was asked to speak on this happy occasion , my mind went back to when I was seven years old and with my twin brother and others , we were being prepared for first Holy Communion . |
| 2 | ‘ About the beginning of May 800X flew to Speke R.A.F. station where the Hurricanes were being prepared for embarkation . |
| 3 | For a moment he imagined he was in another world , a simple uncomplicated world : a world where there was no place down below in the valley where men were being prepared for war ; that there was no place in Northumberland where a woman sat in a room all day with only her thoughts for company ; that there was no one called Carrie Smith ; that the world had dwindled and there was only this secluded garden and a secluded house , as had been said , with the hills to the back of it and the river at its feet and two women so unalike , yet alike : so understanding , so thoughtful of each other , and not only of each other , but of him . |
| 4 | Two small tank locomotives were being prepared for the weekend 's work amidst a scene of almost dereliction . |
| 5 | The guardian ad litem prepared a report in which she recommended that the children live with their father and , in the body of the report , stated that for the local authority to carry out an assessment of the father at the same time as the children were being prepared for a long-term placement did not ‘ enable an open and honest working relationship . ’ |
| 6 | The fire claimed hundreds of parachutes which were being prepared for military exercises . |
| 7 | I advised the Labour Party over such things as the Vassall inquiry and , together with my friend Dennis Lloyd , I was on a number of committees and investigations to recommend changes in the law — particularly land law ( the working party on land nationalisation ) and the law of landlord and tenant — which were being prepared by the Labour Party for their future use . |
| 8 | ( On June 27 it was reported that extradition proceedings were being prepared against Todorov . ) |
| 9 | It , you 've , it was be prepared on the same basis as last year , in fact , the other |
| 10 | No 4468 Mallard was being prepared for a return to steam for the 50th anniversary of its 1938 world record speed run . |
| 11 | The durability of the Royal Scotsman over five long seasons of operation , with the top tour price now only a short step away from £3,000 was proven by 1989 , but even as this book was being prepared for press , there were changes in the wind which may prove to be a sterner test of the depth of the elitist train-tour market . |
| 12 | The third was that when Mrs Thatcher concluded that the way was being prepared for full membership of the EMS , she was able to destroy the shadowing strategy by loudly denying its existence . |
| 13 | That pattern stuck in my head and gradually crystallized it out into a definite form , while the scenario was being prepared for me . |
| 14 | She had started attending classes at the Blind Club , and was being prepared for her further loss of sight . |
| 15 | Mill Reef returned to Longchamp the following spring to notch up a ten-length victory in the Prix Ganay , but after a lacklustre display when beating Homeric a neck in the Coronation Cup at Epsom he did not race again : he was being prepared for a second Arc when on 30 August 1972 he fractured a foreleg on the gallops , and was retired to stud . |
| 16 | Legal sources said an underground cell was being prepared for him on a maximum security row at the federal penitentiary in Marion , Illinois , America 's most chilling jail . |
| 17 | Thereafter I looked out of all the windows of the snug hostelry , and not finding a satisfactory view , for it now rained in earnest , and it was vain to hope to be able to sketch out of doors , I noticed a new house a short distance from the inn ( it was being prepared for a doctor ) ; was entrusted with the keys , and from one of the front windows looked out on the rainy scene depicted in the sketch of ‘ Garrynahine , Isle of Lewis . ’ |
| 18 | Jeanne , the Vitou 's only daughter was being prepared for evacuation , but my newly found knowledge in medicine and sociology was making me over optimistic . |
| 19 | Early in January 1758 , however , Lieutenant Home 's brother , David Home of Wedderburn , complained that the promise had not been kept and that the lieutenant had been ordered to join a fireship at Spithead which was being prepared for foreign service . |
| 20 | The Oval was a good cricket wicket despite the stories that it was being prepared for Laker and Lock . |
| 21 | The Keraing , however , had put the wheels in motion , and while Sinar Surya was being prepared for the sea , and the pirates were still arguing about where she might go , and with whom , Lorne and I spent the following weeks suppressing our impatience by exploring our surroundings . |
| 22 | And this was the prized position that was being prepared for Mike Schaffer . |
| 23 | We were pleased to learn that a revised draft of MPG3 was being prepared for consultation , and we tried to influence its content . |
| 24 | We submitted a detailed response to the NRA 's proposed scheme of water quality improvement targets which was being prepared for the Secretary of State 's approval . |
| 25 | She returned a few minutes later with an explanation that medicine was being prepared for me . |
| 26 | A report was being prepared for the June 1992 European Council summit in Lisbon on the institutional changes which would be needed if the EC were to expand its membership significantly . |
| 27 | A substantial army marched on London , and although it was defeated and the leaders were put to death , to do so the King had to divert the force which was being prepared for the campaign in Scotland ( 73 , pp. 14–16 ) . |
| 28 | A file was being prepared for the Crown Prosecution Service . |
| 29 | Police said yesterday a report was being prepared for the procurator-fiscal . |
| 30 | Police confirmed yesterday a man has been arrested in connection with the killing and a report was being prepared for the procurator-fiscal . |