Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] preparing [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unguarded nature of the latter , which was never worked over by Thomas , provides occasional glimpses of the youth who left St. Paul 's after his seventeenth birthday in order to achieve a twofold purpose : ostensibly to please his father by attending a few practical evening classes and in the day by preparing himself for some form of Civil Service clerical post , while privately , he sought the freedom of a young nature-writer who was determined to collect his papers into a book . |
| 2 | This speech style urged on little girls is , however , a way of preparing them for their subordinate place in adult society . |
| 3 | With a sense of impending doom heavy on her shoulders , she went up to their shared suite to have a long , relaxing shower before preparing herself for the fireworks that would inevitably , as night overtook day , follow . |
| 4 | This is one of the earliest references we have in Milton to his own dedication to the task of preparing himself for leaving something to aftertimes that it would not willingly let die . |
| 5 | As part of our mission requires this publication to keep its readers alert to the future of IBM and the wonders the company will doubtless work , we will — begging your understanding and forgiveness in what we feel is a justifiable revelation of inside information — part the cloak of secrecy that surrounds Hollywood 's dreams and IBM 's intentions in the interest of preparing you for tomorrow . |