Example sentences of "prepared [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Nothing had prepared me for that .
2 You could have prepared me for this — ’
3 I have to say that nothing in my career so far has prepared me for this kind of work .
4 In the preceding months he had prepared himself with meticulous care , filling his mind with distilled knowledge , drop by drop , until … it was almost brimming over .
5 Wordsworth had some idea of what was going on , as he had prepared himself for this second visit by reading pamphlets , and probably had a letter of introduction to Brissot ; but at first he was only sentimentally affected by the ideals of the Revolution .
6 The financial sector prepared itself for full deregulation and open competition with foreign institutions .
7 Training at commercial art school will have prepared you for much of the work you will be doing in advertising .
8 For all her self-confidence , her upbringing had not prepared her for that . ’
9 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 . ’
10 Mandy had warned her that storms came up fast on the lake , but nothing could have prepared her for blue skies being annihilated by black storm-clouds in just a matter of minutes .
11 Cecilia has done well — she is now on a polytechnic degree course — but nothing in her years in care prepared her for independent living .
12 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 …
13 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 .
14 Nothing in her life had prepared her for this wanton fire , burning and aching inside her .
15 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 .
16 Nothing in our four days on the felucca with this sullen boy had prepared us for this , as nothing could have prepared him for that afternoon in Asyut .
17 His education had not prepared him for this in any way .
18 Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation .
19 Again , Karr had prepared him for this .
20 Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control .
21 Mike in the audience and he 'll probably give me a rollicking afterwards , cos I have n't prepared anything about this and I suspect I wo n't be able to speak till the red light .
22 Has our education prepared us for such perplexing indecision ?
23 We were all keen walkers , and enjoyed the challenge of remote places , but nothing in Britain could have prepared us for this close encounter of the furry kind .
24 But nothing has prepared us for this divine outburst .
25 Nothing in our four days on the felucca with this sullen boy had prepared us for this , as nothing could have prepared him for that afternoon in Asyut .
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