Example sentences of "have prepared [pers pn] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But coming from a theatrical background has prepared her for the highs and lows of an actor 's life . |
| 2 | Henry Porter doubtless spoke for many when he wrote recently in the Guardian : ‘ Little in the post-war years of decline in Britain has prepared us for the deep sense of unease now being experienced by its people . |
| 3 | Nothing in his IBM Corp background could have prepared him for the kind of speech he gave — in fact had to give , if Taligent is to be seen as the answer to the world 's ills . |
| 4 | Nothing however could have prepared him for the drama to come . |
| 5 | Nothing in the three villagers ' long but sheltered past could have prepared them for the horrendous sight that met their eyes . |
| 6 | Back in London after that trip she said : ‘ Nothing could have prepared me for the agony of seeing countless dying children . |
| 7 | But nothing could have prepared her for the intimacy of the pictures . |
| 8 | Just for a moment he met her eyes , his own very dark and filled with something that made her heart start to beat rapidly , high in her throat , yet nothing could have prepared her for the shock of what he said . |
| 9 | Nothing could have prepared her for the beauty they had just shared , and she knew that for as long as she lived she would never regret giving herself to this man . |
| 10 | We expected a big postbag but nothing could have prepared us for the fantastic response we received ! |
| 11 | Although having accustomed ourselves to ‘ polyfilla based nutrition ’ nothing could have prepared us for the fish which was served at one of the so-called meals . |
| 12 | Others who were less impressed by what they knew about Law were surprised by what they discovered of his actual abilities , perhaps because his anonymity had prepared them for the worst . |
| 13 | Her duties as parents had been completed , she had prepared them for the future , they could now stand on their own feet , so she let them go . |
| 14 | Nothing had prepared me for the overwhelming architectural beauty of Salamanca , and in particular for the grandeur of the university , the oldest in Spain and one of the oldest in Europe , with its noble façade in plateresque style . |
| 15 | Nothing in my upbringing had prepared me for the weather , much less the absurd notion of hitchhiking . |
| 16 | Nothing Isa Blagden had said had prepared her for the fright . |
| 17 | It had prepared her for the coming meeting when she would be alone at last with the youth who was King of England ; the youth she loved … |
| 18 | Nothing in her 11 years as a member of the world 's most famous family had prepared her for the contents of the letter inside . |
| 19 | But nothing had prepared her for the angry letter she received from the Duke of Edinburgh , says Morton . |
| 20 | But nothing had prepared her for the monumental size and sheer glamour of the building . |
| 21 | However , nothing had prepared us for the abundance and variety of scallops , mussels , every species in the shrimp to lobster continuum as well as some very funny-looking goose-neck barnacles . |