Example sentences of "nothing [verb] prepared [pers pn] for " in BNC.

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1 But nothing has prepared us for this divine outburst .
2 Nothing had prepared me for that .
3 Nothing had prepared me for the overwhelming architectural beauty of Salamanca , and in particular for the grandeur of the university , the oldest in Spain and one of the oldest in Europe , with its noble façade in plateresque style .
4 But nothing had prepared her for the angry letter she received from the Duke of Edinburgh , says Morton .
5 But nothing had prepared her for the monumental size and sheer glamour of the building .
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 However , nothing had prepared us for the abundance and variety of scallops , mussels , every species in the shrimp to lobster continuum as well as some very funny-looking goose-neck barnacles .
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