Example sentences of "prepare [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Immediately the caveman must prepare himself for two possibilities . |
| 2 | But how does a person normally prepare himself for frightening and distressing events ? |
| 3 | Nothing had prepared me for that . |
| 4 | You could have prepared me for this — ’ |
| 5 | I have to say that nothing in my career so far has prepared me for this kind of work . |
| 6 | ‘ I was expecting it to be bad , but nothing prepared me for this ! ’ |
| 7 | So , for instance , the Crowther Report of 1959 on the education of 15-18-year-olds talked about the likelihood that middle-class girls would combine a career with motherhood and marriage and the necessity for them to receive an education which prepared them for this future dual role . |
| 8 | Wordsworth had some idea of what was going on , as he had prepared himself for this second visit by reading pamphlets , and probably had a letter of introduction to Brissot ; but at first he was only sentimentally affected by the ideals of the Revolution . |
| 9 | The financial sector prepared itself for full deregulation and open competition with foreign institutions . |
| 10 | Training at commercial art school will have prepared you for much of the work you will be doing in advertising . |
| 11 | She also wanted her own business , and during her years in the trade prepared herself for this by learning as much as she could about bookshop buying , repping and wholesaling , financial administration , rights and coeditions , export sales , publicity , and paid-for promotion . |
| 12 | For all her self-confidence , her upbringing had not prepared her for that . ’ |
| 13 | Jane believes that her mother was often stressed to the point of despair at this time , ‘ … that she suffered all the torments and tribulations of every working mother without anything in her background , education or make-up having prepared her for such an emotional wrenching . ’ |
| 14 | Mandy had warned her that storms came up fast on the lake , but nothing could have prepared her for blue skies being annihilated by black storm-clouds in just a matter of minutes . |
| 15 | Cecilia has done well — she is now on a polytechnic degree course — but nothing in her years in care prepared her for independent living . |
| 16 | Shocking as the assault had been , it had prepared her for another encounter — an encounter with a youth of her own age , bewildered and uneasy , one called to high estate who found himself of a sudden alone on the edge of an abyss … |
| 17 | Nothing in Australian society nor in the easy commerce between don and undergraduate which she had witnessed and occasionally shared with Michael at Cambridge , had prepared her for this . |
| 18 | Nothing in her life had prepared her for this wanton fire , burning and aching inside her . |
| 19 | She had dreamt of this moment , fantasised it in her mind so many lonely dark nights , and now it was happening and nothing had prepared her for this self-destruction . |
| 20 | Nothing in our four days on the felucca with this sullen boy had prepared us for this , as nothing could have prepared him for that afternoon in Asyut . |
| 21 | His education had not prepared him for this in any way . |
| 22 | Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation . |
| 23 | Again , Karr had prepared him for this . |
| 24 | Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control . |
| 25 | Has our education prepared us for such perplexing indecision ? |
| 26 | We were all keen walkers , and enjoyed the challenge of remote places , but nothing in Britain could have prepared us for this close encounter of the furry kind . |
| 27 | But nothing has prepared us for this divine outburst . |
| 28 | Nothing in our four days on the felucca with this sullen boy had prepared us for this , as nothing could have prepared him for that afternoon in Asyut . |
| 29 | Most importantly , your input will be quickly recognised and rewarded , and the variety and size of the project workload will ultimately prepare you for full management responsibility . |
| 30 | But nothing prepares you for four and a half hours climbing up crumbling ice . |