Example sentences of "[conj] prepare [pn reflx] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For now , the Strongs wil just have to wait and prepare themselves for the next weekend that Purcell comes home . |
| 2 | Trapped in a nightmare of indecision , I reluctantly agreed and prepared myself for the worst . |
| 3 | Tippy lay back and prepared herself for the worst afternoon of her life . |
| 4 | The eagles talked less now and fell into their own thoughts as if preparing themselves for the dark months ahead . |
| 5 | Only today matters , so forget about tomorrow , pack your bags , and prepare yourself for a magical holiday . |
| 6 | Those who were too shy or too inexperienced to pray on those occasions would meet together on a Saturday night to read , to pray and to prepare themselves for the following Sabbath day . |
| 7 | I was once told that Philip Henry Thomas , while preparing himself for the Civil Service examination , had followed his period as a pupil-teacher with a post connected with the railways which were expanding rapidly in industrial South Wales in the 1860s and 1870s . |
| 8 | Peter hesitated in the hall , not so much to eavesdrop as to prepare himself for a noiseless ascent of the stairs . |