Example sentences of "prepared [pron] for this " in BNC.

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1 You could have prepared me for this — ’
2 I have to say that nothing in my career so far has prepared me for this kind of work .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 Nothing in her life had prepared her for this wanton fire , burning and aching inside her .
6 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 .
7 His education had not prepared him for this in any way .
8 Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation .
9 Again , Karr had prepared him for this .
10 Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control .
11 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 .
12 But nothing has prepared us for this divine outburst .
13 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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