Example sentences of "prepare [pers pn] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing had prepared me for that . |
| 2 | You could have prepared me for this — ’ |
| 3 | I have to say that nothing in my career so far has prepared me for this kind of work . |
| 4 | ‘ I was expecting it to be bad , but nothing prepared me for this ! ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Training at commercial art school will have prepared you for much of the work you will be doing in advertising . |
| 7 | For all her self-confidence , her upbringing had not prepared her for that . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Cecilia has done well — she is now on a polytechnic degree course — but nothing in her years in care prepared her for independent living . |
| 11 | 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 … |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Nothing in her life had prepared her for this wanton fire , burning and aching inside her . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | His education had not prepared him for this in any way . |
| 17 | Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation . |
| 18 | Again , Karr had prepared him for this . |
| 19 | Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control . |
| 20 | Has our education prepared us for such perplexing indecision ? |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | But nothing has prepared us for this divine outburst . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | But nothing prepares you for four and a half hours climbing up crumbling ice . |
| 26 | I see nothing wrong in competition at an early age because it prepares you for later life when everyone has to face it . |
| 27 | Well , a bit of tough training will prepare him for borstal if nothing else . |
| 28 | He conquered him so completely that the man now housed him , clothed , fed and supported him and used every spare minute to coach and prepare him for some as yet unrevealed greatness . |
| 29 | This frequent contact with families is given strong emphasis by the prison authorities , who see it as one of the key elements both of encouraging prisoners to participate and in preparing them for successful reintegration . |
| 30 | A variety of possible contributing factors have been put forward : that biological factors make women more vulnerable than men ; that women are socially disadvantaged by the roles they are expected to perform , and psychologically disadvantaged by socialization preparing them for these roles ; that women express their emotions more readily ; and that health professionals are more likely to equate feminine characteristics with ill health ( Weissman and Klerman , 1977 ; Penfold and Walker , 1984 ; Corob , 1987 ) . |