Example sentences of "was prepare for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 These items were also recorded when the class was prepared for dismissal at the lesson end .
2 Clearly the pope was prepared for compromise .
3 A national standard lithostratigraphy for the Palaeozoic in the subsurface of Jordan was prepared for publication .
4 Having looked at the studio from the outside he was prepared for squalor , but a basic orderliness surprised him .
5 Bolivia Compilation of the results of the third phase of the Precambrian project continued and the 1:1 000 000 mineral map of eastern Bolivia was prepared for printing .
6 Nevertheless Darren was prepared for trouble .
7 She was prepared for hostility towards Leon .
8 Sally also said the fact that Lesley was prepared for danger may have helped her .
9 A figure in a raincoat was preparing for sleep in the doorway of George Henry Lee 's , treading round and round on a heap of old newspapers like a dog at the hearth .
10 Everything within the walls was preparing for sleep .
11 Doctor Cheatle was preparing for bed , but he agreed to accompany Seb immediately .
12 ANDREW Fitton , the chief executive of Braithwaite , has withdrawn the consortium bid he was preparing for Eagle Trust , the Midlands mini-conglomerate currently under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office and the West Midlands fraud squad .
13 While Westerners were impressed that the trains ran on time in Italy , and that unemployment had been solved in Germany , Hitler was preparing for war .
14 In 1094 the king was preparing for war in Normandy , and he required an ‘ aid ’ from his tenants-in-chief .
15 Its low profile may result from , among other reasons , previous exposure to teachers while the staff nurse was preparing for registration or beyond , the effectiveness or otherwise of such teachers subsequently influencing motivation and enthusiasm in the staff nurse to teach .
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