Example sentences of "[vb mod] prepare [pers pn] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I must prepare you for a surprise that will not , I hope , upset you too much .
2 He would probably do the latter , and hurry through the change of clothes which would prepare him for the half-hour 's weight-training which he did between ten forty-five and eleven fifteen every Tuesday and Friday .
3 While I was at Cambridge , I began to follow a rule of life which I hoped would prepare me for the priesthood .
4 Two teenagers have chosen to bed down for the night in a freezer as part of their training for an expedition to the Artic Circle , They hope that a good night of shivering in sub-zero temperatures will prepare them for the trip .
5 But there is nothing on land that can prepare you for the profusion of shapes and colours of the corals themselves .
6 ‘ No matter how well briefed you 've been ’ , he says , ‘ nothing can prepare you for the shock of international rugby .
7 Nothing can prepare you for the shock .
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