Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] prepared [pron] for the " in BNC.

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1 But nothing could have prepared her for the intimacy of the pictures .
2 Just for a moment he met her eyes , his own very dark and filled with something that made her heart start to beat rapidly , high in her throat , yet nothing could have prepared her for the shock of what he said .
3 Nothing could have prepared her for the beauty they had just shared , and she knew that for as long as she lived she would never regret giving herself to this man .
4 Nothing in the three villagers ' long but sheltered past could have prepared them for the horrendous sight that met their eyes .
5 Back in London after that trip she said : ‘ Nothing could have prepared me for the agony of seeing countless dying children .
6 Nothing in his IBM Corp background could have prepared him for the kind of speech he gave — in fact had to give , if Taligent is to be seen as the answer to the world 's ills .
7 Nothing however could have prepared him for the drama to come .
8 We expected a big postbag but nothing could have prepared us for the fantastic response we received !
9 Although having accustomed ourselves to ‘ polyfilla based nutrition ’ nothing could have prepared us for the fish which was served at one of the so-called meals .
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