Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] prepare for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Irish may have scored socially but they came a poor second on the field because , says DON CAMERON , they were not prepared for the speed and the impact of the N.Z. game . |
| 2 | Originally Jesus probably directed this parable against the Jews who were not prepared for the coming of the Messiah and would not accept him . |
| 3 | They were not prepared for the thousands of young people demonstrating on the streets , apparently with Deng 's blessing . |
| 4 | Interviewed on Dec. 15 Deputy Foreign Minister Sok An admitted that Cambodian troops , " fighting alone for the first time " , were not prepared for the intensity of the rebel assault . |
| 5 | Congressional threats to resist the dissolution of the Congress , however , were not expected to materialize and the major parties were already preparing for the election campaign . |
| 6 | Having worked offshore on oil platforms for the last 13 years , Derry and Fran were well prepared for the rather isolated nature of life on the island . |
| 7 | Lothian and Borders police said they were well prepared for the friendly invasion . |
| 8 | We had brought jackets , but were n't prepared for the cold . |
| 9 | We had brought jackets , but were n't prepared for the cold . |
| 10 | These were n't prepared for the winter hibernation . |
| 11 | Universal , who had advanced him the $850,000 were even prepared for the fact that it challenged the American Dream and attacked American society for ‘ destroying itself ’ , told through its hero — played by Dennis — who is a Hollywood stunt man devoured by his quest for big cars , swimming pools and gorgeous girls . |
| 12 | The English were poorly prepared for the renewal of the war . |
| 13 | The driver was obviously preparing for a grand-prix start . |
| 14 | Jamila said nothing and Helen was eager to talk about Charlie , a subject on which she was obviously preparing for an advanced degree . |
| 15 | In some ways , however , Alexander was better prepared for the throne than either of his immediate predecessors . |
| 16 | The ground was thus prepared for a fully fledged revival . |
| 17 | Now that virtue could be acknowledged in the toddler as he freely followed his own natural pursuits and interests — not excluding the exploration of his own body-the ground was finally prepared for an acceptance of babies ' desires as needs in themselves : ‘ Babies want attention ; they probably need plenty of it ’ ( Children 's Bureau , 1945 ) . |
| 18 | She was not prepared for a very similar question being thrown at her . |
| 19 | But I was not prepared for the raking over of academic arguments on defining poverty around when John Moore , then Secretary of State for Social Services , said poverty no longer existed . |
| 20 | Tony was always preparing for the future with David and with MainMan , so he was always two or three steps ahead of himself . |
| 21 | And yet , for all his reservations , Nietzsche continued to devote time and energy to orthodox classical scholarship ; and he was still prepared for an academic career , albeit with the special aims appropriate to one so sceptical of the established order . |
| 22 | The senator was seemingly prepared for every difficulty I raised . |
| 23 | Dr Apps , the oldest in the group at 33 , said he was well prepared for the cold conditions . |
| 24 | But he was n't prepared for the shock of seeing those eyes , his daughter 's eyes of startling green flecked with gold , that looked out from Simon 's face . |
| 25 | I did n't know what I expected ( chanting and rune casting , perhaps ) , but I was n't prepared for the tingling sensation affecting the areas of my body immediately underneath her small hands . |
| 26 | He was n't prepared for the formality of life in an English public school — particularly its petty humiliations . |
| 27 | His voice was soft , silky , which she supposed was a warning , but she still was n't prepared for the speed with which he moved her top aside . |
| 28 | Over the past few years , the quality of in-service training courses for teachers has improved greatly , but I was n't prepared for the effort [ and financial resources ] that had obviously been put into the ‘ Quality in Action ’ workshop . |
| 29 | For most of the period , from the first conquests in the fourteenth century until the rise of the South Slav nationalist movements in the nineteenth century , the empire was either preparing for a war against its Christian neighbours , fighting a war or recovering from a war . |
| 30 | In the bottom half of the draw Chris Wilkinson was again preparing for a second challenge to Jeremy Bates ' domination as he overcame strong challenges from Italy , South Africa and Sweden to reach his second final . |