Example sentences of "prepare [pers pn] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have to say that nothing in my career so far has prepared me for this kind of work . |
| 2 | Shocking as the assault had been , it had prepared her for another encounter — an encounter with a youth of her own age , bewildered and uneasy , one called to high estate who found himself of a sudden alone on the edge of an abyss … |
| 3 | Nothing in our four days on the felucca with this sullen boy had prepared us for this , as nothing could have prepared him for that afternoon in Asyut . |
| 4 | Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation . |
| 5 | Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control . |
| 6 | Thames Valley Police , who organised the class , say the aim is n't to scare the women , but simply to prepare them for any eventuality . |
| 7 | As the law now stands it is legal to grow the mushrooms , and eat them fresh , but illegal to prepare them in any way — even by cooking . |
| 8 | As though to prepare us for that vision , Rubin Spangle has devised a show of early Flavin works from the Sixties which will be on until the end of the month . |