Example sentences of "prepare her for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all her self-confidence , her upbringing had not prepared her for that . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 … |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Nothing in her life had prepared her for this wanton fire , burning and aching inside her . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Shelley stayed in her villa , regretting the incident , yet blaming her chief for not preparing her for such a patient . |
| 8 | She had not been far behind him , and yet had heard no sound to prepare her for this . |