Example sentences of "ready [to-vb] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps we should not be so ready to sneer at the Close Brethren who deny unbelievers access to their domestic table , when we often do not share our holy table with believers .
2 There was little spring in the ancient planks and Miss Barnsdale towered beside the box horse , ready to yank at the arms of any child who did n't manage to leap over the rough leather back first time .
3 Martha felt ready to weep at the unfairness of it .
4 The next morning , the 9.15 came out of the tunnel and the old gentleman put down his newspaper , ready to wave at the three children .
5 The EPA intends that initial results from the project should be ready to table at a discussion of global warming by the UN General Assembly in December .
6 Silas had said he wished to leave for Hastings immediately after the meal , so Lucy came to the table ready to leave at a moment 's notice .
7 She claimed that she had invited both her daughter and Neha to go to Marbella with her but Neha was not ready to leave at the same time .
8 ‘ You remind me of a wild animal sometimes , poised ready to flee at the first sight of a hunter 's gun . ’
9 You can minimise disappointment by calling the airline ( toll-free ) to check availability , and by being ready to switch at the last moment to a different , less popular destination .
10 And every one of those evil hoodlums comes equipped with a horde of underlings , clad in silly uniforms and ready to die at a moment 's notice .
11 At 90 not out , he still pads up ready to bat at the end of the order , but in a four hour match seldom gets to the crease .
12 European business students in Oxford are ready to push at the open door .
13 His impassive , fierce stare reminded her of an owl squatting on a fence post , watchful and ready to plunge at the first rustle in the undergrowth .
14 He got several books ready to throw at the creature .
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