Example sentences of "had [verb] [pron] for this " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation . |
| 3 | Again , Karr had prepared him for this . |
| 4 | Nothing in Australian society nor in the easy commerce between don and undergraduate which she had witnessed and occasionally shared with Michael at Cambridge , had prepared her for this . |
| 5 | Nothing in her life had prepared her for this wanton fire , burning and aching inside her . |
| 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 | Nothing in our four days on the felucca with this sullen boy had prepared us for this , as nothing could have prepared him for that afternoon in Asyut . |
| 8 | Tony 's mother had made them for this occasion , and though recipes vary slightly the end result is a large currant biscuit . |
| 9 | He sounded as if he was about to simply replace the phone and go , and Jenna had steeled herself for this . |
| 10 | She also warned Quinn of the abrasive Kevin Brown , who had chosen her for this mission and had established himself in London with a team of eight to ‘ keep an eye on things ’ . |