Example sentences of "[am/are] ready [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You 've got a lot of greasepaint to get through before they 're ready to hit the stage . ’
2 When you 're ready to put the roof on , pick up the dollar sign at the quarry and take it to Dino Hire without getting killed .
3 We wo n't talk about it again until you 're ready to admit the truth . ’
4 I then ask if they 're ready to meet the giant .
5 ‘ The President wants to go out , talk directly to the American people and explain to them how these things work together because he believes that they 're ready to hear the truth , ’ said the White House press secretary , Dee Dee Myers .
6 Fine , now we 're ready to tie the top of the halyard to the top of the sail .
7 Sorry we sha n't be able to call for you when we 're ready to make the arrest .
8 Be ready to push the stick forward as the model returns to level flight .
9 New York cabbies are notorious for complaining but Danny , an old friend , who always seems to be around when I am ready to leave The Summit Hotel , assures me that business in one of the world 's busiest cities is worse than he had known it in more than 20 years .
10 I am ready to keep the pack law , to do a good turn every day , and to help my parents especially at home .
11 As no doubt the teams are ready to take the field , it only remains for me to extend a warm welcome to the directors , players and boisterous supporters of Scrimley Arsenal and wish you all an enjoyable afternoon .
12 Then when you are ready to take the dog out for a walk , you should again repeat the process , but now also change out of your slippers into shoes .
13 She will be able to give you a great deal too , if you are prepared to open your mind to her memories and experience of life , realising the significance of her ‘ past ’ to your ‘ present ’ ; and when you understand that the old are by no means always on the receiving end of their relationships , then you are ready to assemble the love , time , patience and energy you have to offer , and decide on the best way of presenting them .
14 LIVERPOOL are ready to join the chase for Reading winger James Lambert , who flew out to the French Riviera for a two-day trial with Monaco last night .
15 When they and , in due course , the new democracies of eastern Europe are ready to join the Community , we shall be ready to welcome them .
16 HALIFAX are ready to resurrect the career of Wigan 's out-of-favour Great Britain winger David Myers .
17 Beetles that have at least a portion of the adult population overwintering , carry some Laboulbeniales through the winter ; when the new adults emerge , the old , infected ones are ready to carry the infection to them .
18 We can observe many examples in non-linguistic behaviour of the use of signals to regulate turn-taking : in many sports , for example , it is necessary to do this — footballers can indicate that they are looking for someone to pass the ball to , or that they are ready to receive the ball , and doubles partners in tennis can indicate to each other who is to play a shot .
19 When mail tells you that the configuration file module has also ‘ Scanned OKay ’ , you are ready to submit the package for approval .
20 The young eagles are ready to leave the nest after just over two months but are not ready to breed until they are three years old .
21 PLENTY of people are ready to record the news — taken from the Herald — for the local Talking Newspaper for the Blind .
22 UP TO 50 anxious Tory backbenchers are ready to defy the Government over the coming Council Tax .
23 A Knit in plain jacquard until you are ready to do the motif .
24 When you are ready to knit the shape , the program will convert your diagram into stitches and rows according to your tension .
25 It is more convenient to purchase pre-sensitised boards which are then cut to the required size , but DO NOT remove the protective film until you are ready to expose the board to ultra-violet light .
26 With England ‘ B ’ , his brief was to bring on young players and to keep fringe members of the England squad ticking over , rather than to aim to win every gage , and that 's what he did with the result that a whole crop of younger Englishmen — Back , Moon and Rodber , to name but three — are ready to make the transition to the full England team .
27 Now , organisers are ready to announce the display 's return with a £3,000 pyrotechnic presentation .
28 A small overhaul and clean and they are ready to fit The cam is part number ERC 2003 .
29 LARGE companies are ready to demand the resignation of Prof Stephen Littlechild , the electricity industry regulator , if they fail in a new attempt to gain cheaper electricity .
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