Example sentences of "were ready [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Laird of Quarrel did not have the slightest intention of sharing the spoils of office with Craigbarnet , but he was unlikely to get anywhere near the office without strong interest , and those upon whom he relied were ready to see the wisdom of returning to the old practice of sharing the office . |
| 2 | We were ready to take a breath test on you and determine if you stank as bad as you ‘ write ’ . |
| 3 | After several days of dividing their possessions into things they wished to keep and things which could be given away or sold , they were ready to leave the house for the last time . |
| 4 | They found their spaceship a few minutes later , and soon they were ready to leave the planet . |
| 5 | SHOPPERS in London 's West End yesterday showed they were ready to defy the IRA bombing campaign . |
| 6 | They were infected by the ideas of the Enlightenment and were ready to welcome the Napoleonic soldiers and administrators who incorporated the Slovene lands into the Illyrian Provinces in 1809 for a brief , but fateful sojourn of four years . |
| 7 | We were ready to do a bunk . |
| 8 | Eleven ministers were ready to support the reduction in unemployment payments ; ten were not . |
| 9 | Joe had n't the faintest idea what I was talking about but he worked away enthusiastically and by the next afternoon we were ready to hang the rope-ladder . |
| 10 | The participants from Eastern Europe may well have been surprised at how lightly their Western counterparts were ready to sacrifice the traditions of the great east Berlin museums . |
| 11 | Resistance groups on the Continent frequently produced schemes for a European structure which could prevent another war and some were ready to create a political federation . |
| 12 | But we knew in our hearts they were ready to name the day . ’ |
| 13 | They were ready to enjoy the fruits of victory , and to listen to Uncle Mack 's Broadstairs Minstrels . |
| 14 | On the latter part of the hon. Gentleman 's question , he will know that the Foreign Ministers of the European Community considered the subject earlier this week and made it plain that , when considering recognition , regard would be had to the extent to which the republics were ready to undertake the treaty obligations to which the hon. Gentleman referred . |
| 15 | Once we were in the raft with all our life jackets and equipment we had to learn to control the raft and respond to commands , then we were ready to hit the rapids . |
| 16 | By March 9th when the Germans were ready to make a renewed attempt on the Mort Homme , via Bethincourt to the northwest , the French were well-consolidated after their initial setback ; the Reichs Archives chronicle the ‘ tragedy of the first utterly collapsed assault on the Left Bank ’ But le beau Colonel , alas , was barely to outlive his triumph . |
| 17 | There can be little doubt that the great majority of the population were ready to accept the return of Anglicanism and eager to participate in the services outlined in the revised Prayer Book of 1662 . |
| 18 | Although Attlee and Greenwood were ready to accept the invitation , they did not do so at once but made sure that both the National Executive and the annual Conference , which were conveniently meeting at the same time , it being the Whit weekend , were fully consulted and in agreement with their acceptance of office . |
| 19 | The survey of 1,139 Israelis by the Jaffee Centre for Strategic Studies showed 60 per cent favoured trading part of the occupied territories for peace , up from about 40 per cent in 1987 , and 36 per cent of Israelis were ready to accept the establishment of an independent Palestinian state next to Israel , up from 20 per cent . |
| 20 | She stood with her hands on the door latch , as if she were ready to throw the door back in his face . |
| 21 | But some of Britain 's leading socialists were ready to follow a similar trajectory . |
| 22 | Once marked out , we were ready to cut the opening , after pinning up a dust sheet on the kitchen side . |
| 23 | He would remain on the sidelines , and do some more work if and when they were ready to launch the paper . |
| 24 | A county council spokesman welcomed the reprieve and said both the highways and planning departments were ready to play a full part in discussions . |
| 25 | By early 1950 it was clear that certain countries , foremost among them France , Italy and the Benelux states , were ready to consider a partial loss of sovereignty to supranational institutions . |
| 26 | They also got a promise from all the haves who were ready to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ) — which now means all five declared nuclear powers — that they would pursue nuclear disarmament . |
| 27 | But Wimbledon midfielder Vinny Jones promised last night that the Dons were ready to increase the misery level at Anfield . |
| 28 | After this the irregulars could no longer claim the benefits of an ambiguous position ; either they were adventurous sailors who were willing to settle down and live peaceful lives once the Spaniards stopped harassing them ( and Morgan showed the way by becoming Deputy Governor of Jamaica ) , or else they were straightforward pirates who were ready to plunder the ships of any nation including their own . |
| 29 | Then they were ready to fight the world , or at least the world within reach . |