Example sentences of "prepare [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must prepare ourselves for the possibility that the situation for homosexual women and men will also worsen in our own countries . |
| 2 | He had practiced putting on his kitchen floor at home during the winter to try and prepare himself for the greens . |
| 3 | Immediately the caveman must prepare himself for two possibilities . |
| 4 | But how does a person normally prepare himself for frightening and distressing events ? |
| 5 | He acknowledges that before a contemplative is ready , like Moses , to climb the mountain , he must prepare himself by the time-honoured Western disciplines of Lectio , Meditatio and Oratio — study of scripture , meditation and prayer — but he tells his readers that other authors will tell them all they need to know about these . |
| 6 | We prepared ourselves for the experience by drinking half a bottle of brandy each — I was worried about him until then . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He had prepared himself for the Stoics match in typical fashion the night before . |
| 10 | Thinking in terms of his mother 's back yard in Hoylake , the washing sagging between poplar trees , Meredith had prepared himself for details of death . |
| 11 | Whistling ‘ I 'm in the Mood for Love ’ , and rejecting the buzz of his telephone , he had prepared himself for the chase . |
| 12 | He grabbed hold of the net and prepared himself for when the giant eel came thrashing into sight . |
| 13 | So Raymond of St Gilles , after he had claimed the Rouergue in 1079 , prepared himself for his attempt to oust his brother as count of Toulouse , in a ceremony at the shrine of St Robert at La Chaise-Dieu : |
| 14 | He meticulously prepared himself for his first meeting . |
| 15 | Certainly , as his mind prepared itself for the acceptance of the |
| 16 | The financial sector prepared itself for full deregulation and open competition with foreign institutions . |
| 17 | And St Margaret , her cheeks glowing with the realisation of her strength , the knowledge that she indeed held the great dragon at bay while this new young warrior prepared herself for combat , felt a moment of disappointment , anticipating a return to the boredom of heaven . |
| 18 | Tippy lay back and prepared herself for the worst afternoon of her life . |
| 19 | She also wanted her own business , and during her years in the trade prepared herself for this by learning as much as she could about bookshop buying , repping and wholesaling , financial administration , rights and coeditions , export sales , publicity , and paid-for promotion . |
| 20 | It had none of the institutional smell Alida had prepared herself for . |
| 21 | He saw and understood that she had prepared herself for him . |
| 22 | Matron had prepared herself by carrying a ‘ Scutari ’ lamp . |
| 23 | LIVERPOOL prepared themselves for a backlash from Crystal Palace tonight after their weekend walkover . |
| 24 | We talked a little more , while Terry and Tom prepared themselves for the inevitable angry reaction from the guards and Brian lay down under an extra blanket as his body came to terms with the shock of the beating . |
| 25 | The long line of leading Conservatives on the platform fixed their faces into expressions of interested concern , and prepared themselves for what could only turn out to be a surfeit of oratory . |
| 26 | I know I might go to jail , but I 've prepared myself for it . |
| 27 | All thoughts of tiredness had now gone as I prepared myself for breakfast and quickened my pace towards the barn . |
| 28 | I prepared myself for immersion , with my new book of instructions at hand , and then went down the steps of the mikva into the water , with my mother and friend and the attendant watching me . |
| 29 | Trapped in a nightmare of indecision , I reluctantly agreed and prepared myself for the worst . |
| 30 | I prepared myself for the baton change as Mac set off on his leg , so I did not see what happened there . |