Example sentences of "was preparing [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul Stern , the vice-president of the Vienna Bridge Club , soon invited her to join the Austrian Ladies ' Team , which was preparing for the first European Women 's Teams Championship to be held in Brussels in 1935 . |
| 2 | The allegations broke on Tuesday as Jackson was preparing for the first of two concerts in Bangkok , the first stop in the Asian swing of his Dangerous world tour . |
| 3 | And by early autumn , Mr Major was preparing for the worst — and yesterday he delivered it in a statement to the Commons . |
| 4 | Today the Gloucestershire Echo was preparing for the worst . |
| 5 | ‘ Orders were orders ! ’ he roared , looking darkly at the friar , before going on to regale both him and the horses with an account of the meal his poor wife was preparing for the coming Sunday . |
| 6 | By 1934 the Labour Party was Preparing for the next election and the delegates at Southport resisted the attempts of the Socialist League to change the programme For Socialism and Peace into a radical appeal for a rapid transformation to socialism . |
| 7 | Practical support , too , was given in a number of ways — for example , the drawing office helped produce Mujadid 's maps and charts , while Roger Tucker 's exploration team in LASMO North Sea helped out with data logs , a base map and technical guidance for a project he was preparing on the Inner Moray firth . |