Example sentences of "ready [to-vb] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Now they run nine DC10s , each carrying seventy- four tons of fuel , taken out of civil use because they were too noisy ; they 're loaded and ready to go at any time . |
2 | El conde hovered over his kingdom like an eagle , sharp-eyed and cold , ready to swoop at any moment . |
3 | Maybe she was just waiting for a chance to go abroad and wanted to be ready to leave at any time . |
4 | Steve and Maria Luisa were the Damocles ' sword swaying over their relationship , ready to drop at any second and break it all up . |
5 | Because Vietnam is still there at our door , ready to return at any occasion . ’ |
6 | The trash , getting ready to protest at this change in plans and then his jaw dropping at his first sight of Lucy ; getting into the cab with him , knowing what she was doing but somehow feeling that she was watching it all from somewhere else . |
7 | What used to be so thrilling , though , was the sense of colossal size behind the playing , ready to erupt at any moment , plus the extraordinary risks Berman would take when the adrenalin was flowing . |