Example sentences of "was [verb] ready for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traffic behind and on the opposite carriageway was stopped ready for the police to take control . |
| 2 | In Moscow , Red Square was made ready for the triumphalist May Day parade . |
| 3 | As this was fastened and he was made ready for departure , the prince for the first time seemed ill-at-ease — as if only then did he sense the poignancy of the moment and was after all loath to go . |
| 4 | So Tyrion was made ready for battle . |
| 5 | The truth was that Mauve only wanted to spend time on a large painting of sailing barges which he was getting ready for an exhibition . |
| 6 | In a big terraced house in Dunlaoghaire , another household was getting ready for the opening of the university term . |
| 7 | At night , when he was getting ready for bed , he would switch on his bedside lamp and stand with his back to it so he could see his shadow against the far wall . |
| 8 | Bathsheba was getting ready for it . |
| 9 | Yet there are humorous topics too , as shown in Candy Guard 's well known three minute portraits of female anxieties and delights : the diet , going to the hairdresser , a persistent spot which precipitates the necessity of a brown paper bag on the head , and going to the party , which in the end proves less fun than it was getting ready for it . |
| 10 | Quite involuntarily her body was getting ready for a fight . |
| 11 | And then , out of the blue , as she was getting ready for bed on the evening before Kirsty was due to go off on holiday , Mrs Aitken tapped on Shiona 's bedroom door . |
| 12 | Modifications made , the cannon was pronounced ready for a mission on August 15 to Vitry en Artois . |
| 13 | When she got back to the living-room the fire had been replenished , and a small table was set ready for them to eat . |
| 14 | A few last checks by the Bridge Commander , and it was declared ready for traffic , seven minutes ahead of time . |
| 15 | ‘ It was only when they came to see me and talked about it that he found out that when she went to bed it was to get ready for sex , while he stayed downstairs because he thought she was n't interested . ’ |
| 16 | He was dressed ready for his outing in clean jeans and a white shirt . |