Example sentences of "he [was/were] unprepared for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a great shock to him , though , after years in the House of Lords , to encounter once more the bear-garden of the Commons : he was unprepared for the shock of the sheer weight of noise from the opposition benches ( which were more crowded in those days ) . |
| 2 | Edouard had never been to north Africa ; he was unprepared for the beauty of Algiers itself , and the magnificence of the surrounding country , with its rugged sunburned hills , its narrow winding roads which would suddenly open up on views of a vivid blue Mediterranean sea . |
| 3 | He was unprepared for the urgency of her response as his mouth touched hers . |
| 4 | There had been no videofax , and as a result he was unprepared for the sensory impact of the image on his viewscreen . |
| 5 | He was unprepared for the pain the room gave him , the fierce memory of the last time he had been here , when only that impulse of chivalry , or folly , had prevented him from taking her , as he could have done , from making her his own instead of handing her over to whoever had got her now . |