Example sentences of "prepare [pron] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The dog entered regularly in breed classes will need to be thoroughly groomed beforehand , standing still while its owner prepares it for the big event . |
| 32 | The change-over day from one occupancy to the next was on a Saturday , when our admirable Jane Jones arrived to clean and prepare it for the next lot . |
| 33 | Molloy and Carroll suggest that while Access courses equip students with whatever is necessary for the completion of a degree course they may be less successful in preparing them for the higher levels of academic performance . |
| 34 | Since time immemorial ‘ Staggy ’ had been drip-feeding ambitious junior researchers with toxin , preparing them for the stronger poisons which lay ahead . |
| 35 | He was preparing himself for a British Council tour of France but it was cancelled at the last moment ; he did , however , fly to Amsterdam and then on to Rome in December under the auspices of the same organization . |
| 36 | I was once told that Philip Henry Thomas , while preparing himself for the Civil Service examination , had followed his period as a pupil-teacher with a post connected with the railways which were expanding rapidly in industrial South Wales in the 1860s and 1870s . |
| 37 | Already preparing himself for the first of his political glittering prizes , the viceroyalty of India , he visited the Trans-Caspian in 1888 and published a book on it in 1889 . |
| 38 | Mahoney sucked in a deep breath , preparing himself for the next round of questions . |
| 39 | She rested her chin on her knees , preparing herself for the long wait . |
| 40 | I 'm preparing myself for the next life . |
| 41 | I became seasoned , gained experience , all the while preparing myself for the lucky chance that would surely come . |
| 42 | The Jones boys were busy preparing themselves for a whistle-stop tour of Texas , fuelled by the news from their American promoters that they 'd be playing Dallas and Houston the same nights as GENESIS , and that they were out-selling PHIL ‘ Two Houses ’ COLLINS and his Tory mates by three tickets to one . |
| 43 | The eagles talked less now and fell into their own thoughts as if preparing themselves for the dark months ahead . |
| 44 | At the top of the stairs , somewhere beyond a short , misty journey , Jeopardy led Lucien into a room where a handful of musicians were preparing themselves for the coming performance . |
| 45 | For now , the Strongs wil just have to wait and prepare themselves for the next weekend that Purcell comes home . |
| 46 | However , having started back at the club it has become apparent that the club has no intention of coaching last season 's players to highlight weaknesses and prepare them for the higher level of rugby . |
| 47 | ‘ It is vital that companies prepare themselves for the new Europe and this initiative will help firms in the south . |
| 48 | Prepare yourself for a major shock to your assumptions . |
| 49 | Only today matters , so forget about tomorrow , pack your bags , and prepare yourself for a magical holiday . |
| 50 | Prepare yourself for a red , black and white decor , Caesar 's heads all over the wall , a kinetic sunburst chandelier and a black and white sculpture . |
| 51 | These multitudinous associations — and more could easily come to mind — prepare us for a sentimental reunion scene ( if it is Emma ) or an adoption scene ( 'Let me be your father' , etc . ) . |
| 52 | It will be white with a god-like figure like those Tibetan Buddhist temples which reflect the old vision of the winged disc and prepare us for the new . |
| 53 | The association of sex and musical imagery reaches a splendid climax in this tale as Alison and Nicholas enjoy " " revel " " and " " melodye " " in bed to a devout musical accompaniment as : The use of animal imagery to describe Alison prepares us for her response to Nicholas 's first assault : while the images of the trave , a frame for holding a horse to be shod , and of the final night of the tale " " derk … as the cole " " , prepare us for the brief scene at Gerveys the blacksmith 's forge ( 3760 – 85 ) . |
| 54 | Epstein concluded that management of stress among the experienced parachutists was not due to their repeated exposure to jumping in the manner of a conditioned response , but was a consequence of an active coping process that on each occasion was used to prepare them for the coming jump . |
| 55 | He paused again , as if the memory of that year had stopped him ; and to prepare me for a new facet of himself , a new shift . |
| 56 | Peter hesitated in the hall , not so much to eavesdrop as to prepare himself for a noiseless ascent of the stairs . |
| 57 | Further up the Valley is Trevillet Mill which serves clotted cream teas — just the thing to prepare you for the two to three mile trek to Tintagel . |
| 58 | You need a sound night 's sleep to prepare you for the taxing journey tomorrow . |
| 59 | So the market will have to prepare itself for a non-Tory government . |
| 60 | It was the duty of the medicine man of the line of Armijas to tutor the spirit warrior through the Seven Levels , to prepare her for the final battle , in which she would stand with the other spirit warriors — the Holy Woman From Across the Great Water , the Man With Music in His Heart , the Red-Handed One , the Yellowlegs Who Has Lost Much , the Great Father in White , the Man Who Rides Alone — against the army of the manitous and the story would end . |