Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] at the ready " in BNC.
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| 1 | My binoculars I wore round my neck at the ready for all those puffins , razor bills and guillemots I expected to see on the way over . |
| 2 | They grasped hands and pumped up and down , and Mary Rose picked her way through the muddy forecourt and approached , her smile at the ready . |
| 3 | The third soldier covered them , his weapon at the ready for any surprise intruders . |
| 4 | But Jonathan Ram continued to stride down the tumbledown street , his knife at the ready , drawing close to his beloved children . |
| 5 | Detective Inspector Milsom had his notebook at the ready . |
| 6 | On the other side of the double row of barbed wire a guard was standing still holding his rifle at the ready . |
| 7 | Jacques Devraux followed them , holding his rifle at the ready until he was certain the big animal was dead . |
| 8 | On the roof of one of the cars stood a young man in battle-dress , his gun at the ready , staring out into the darkness . |
| 9 | With our guide at the ready , every Hooray Triumphus in the land will soon be eating out of your hand . |
| 10 | Photographing wildlife sounds easy — have your camera at the ready when you 're out walking and click away when you spot something . |