Example sentences of "[be] prepare for the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If in our plans we hope for the best and are prepared for the worst then we should be ready for anything in between . |
| 2 | Anyone going beyond silent forms of disaffection had still to be prepared for the worst from the servants and supporters of a regime now in extremis . |
| 3 | Let us hope for the best but be prepared for the worst . |
| 4 | Meanwhile emergency services are warning that this was a very lucky escape and that boat users should always be prepared for the worst . |
| 5 | Although Bosnia has teetered on the brink of war for months , the intensity and scope of the weekend fighting indicated that the three communities are preparing for the worst . |
| 6 | ‘ We are concerned and we are preparing for the worst . ’ |
| 7 | SCOTTISH Tories , awaiting their election counts in the early hours of Friday , were prepared for the worst . |
| 8 | So the nurses were prepared for the worst , also . |
| 9 | Down in Frome they were preparing for the worst ; on 23 February 1798 a meeting of the ‘ inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Frome ’ took place at the George Inn . |
| 10 | A dejected Hammam is prepared for the worst — sacrificing Premier League status and possibly even suffering successive seasons of relegation . |
| 11 | And I made up my mind — " Now Mary Edgar you 'll be terribly sea-sick , " so I was prepared for the worst . |
| 12 | If she was prepared for the worst then , God willing , it would n't happen . |
| 13 | And by early autumn , Mr Major was preparing for the worst — and yesterday he delivered it in a statement to the Commons . |
| 14 | Today the Gloucestershire Echo was preparing for the worst . |