Example sentences of "be [verb] ready for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Working flat out to keep up with demand , bales of yarn are stacked ready for the next load by Despatch Foreman , Peter McCall . |
| 2 | ‘ I think they 're getting ready for the Second Front , ’ Sarah told Maureen , ‘ although Joe did n't say so . ’ |
| 3 | You do n't really get a break because you 're getting ready for the afternoon . |
| 4 | The bar fire had been lit ready for the customers . |
| 5 | NOW that England and Scotland are getting ready for the World Cup finals , the question on the lips of two rejoicing nations is : ‘ What will the lads wear for the big date in Italy ? ’ |
| 6 | The building work and electrical work will need to be completed ready for the installation , and some making good is needed afterwards . |
| 7 | Fairfax calls a waiter and orders the memsahib 's car to be made ready for the short journey to Warthog Manor , her solid but decrepit stone house . |
| 8 | A Discovery Guide is being developed for YBG , which will be produced ready for the 1992 visitor season . |
| 9 | Then I remembered they would be getting ready for the Roman banquet later on in the evening . |
| 10 | She had seemed quite tranquil as they walked in the sunshine through the crowded cathedral square where spectator stands were being erected ready for the Easter celebrations . |
| 11 | Even so , there are still more being made ready for the 1993 shutdown . |
| 12 | Pair after pair of serwal were made ready for the tailor 's sewing machine . |
| 13 | But in the evening he came out and made his way to the royal store-rooms , where the food was being got ready for the King and his chief followers and wives . |
| 14 | All the boats were getting ready for the regatta that afternoon , bailing out dinghies , coiling ropes , and smells of food frying wafted across the smell of the estuary . |
| 15 | We always got excited when we were packing ready for the journey of about 50 miles . |
| 16 | As we were paying our visit at the end of the morning , he may have been dressed ready for the office . |
| 17 | After the check up , Jeanette is made ready for the treatment . |
| 18 | After the check up , Jeanette is made ready for the treatment . |
| 19 | ‘ You know , Comrade Andropov is getting ready for the Party Congress , so he can not receive you at the moment , but you can make a detailed written statement of everything , saying who it is you suspect , and so on and so forth ’ . |
| 20 | Traffic behind and on the opposite carriageway was stopped ready for the police to take control . |
| 21 | In Moscow , Red Square was made ready for the triumphalist May Day parade . |
| 22 | In a big terraced house in Dunlaoghaire , another household was getting ready for the opening of the university term . |