Example sentences of "and prepare [pron] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 He had practiced putting on his kitchen floor at home during the winter to try and prepare himself for the greens .
2 For now , the Strongs wil just have to wait and prepare themselves for the next weekend that Purcell comes home .
3 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 .
4 His great-uncle took Charles under his wing and prepared him for the job ahead .
5 Trapped in a nightmare of indecision , I reluctantly agreed and prepared myself for the worst .
6 Gordon Macpherson 's Prosen , a long arch of sound , eerie music from distant mountains with the instruments imitating and overlapping in echo effect , taught the ear to listen and prepared us for a fresh hearing of Tchaikovsky 's Souvenir de Florence , ravishing but not cloying , spinning to a close in the exacting fugue which made the composer laugh when he first played it .
7 They are narrative , and tell us of a situation , or prepare us for some significant message : Once having told us the story , set the mood , and prepared us for the shout of a choir of angels , Handel could paint a triumphant musical fresco with just a few poetic words :
8 Tippy lay back and prepared herself for the worst afternoon of her life .
9 It will invigorate you , clearing the night away and preparing you for the day .
10 In terms of er political views , or even those who have no political views , of ethnic make-up and everything of this kind and yet now it seems that at a time when our police forces above all , need to move into the present day and prepare themselves for the challenges of the crime and the criminals at the end of this century and into the next century , we seem to have some misgivings about giving the Home Secretary the powers which are placed in this Bill .
11 Only today matters , so forget about tomorrow , pack your bags , and prepare yourself for a magical holiday .
12 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 .
13 A health authority should seek out a group of " mature " female nurses and a group of male nurses who are in training and prepare them for the purpose of dispelling those commonly held misconceptions .
14 They 're on board an air ambulance which has just landed in Ancona , where they 'll meet the evacuees and prepare them for the journey to Britain .
15 In the real , as opposed to celluloid , world , Roxburgh would settle for a win emphatic enough to stabilise his team and prepare them for the more demanding games ahead .
16 It 's also a source of food and sport for Lithuanians who ride and ski in their forests and hunt game and prepare it for the table .
17 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 .
18 The drama school training will only lay the foundations and prepare you for the profession you are joining .
19 A regular beauty treatment , relaxation therapy , yoga class , or even a quick visit to a health farm can be all it takes to repair the week 's damage to body and soul , and prepare you for the week ahead .
20 As part of this exercise we will perform a ‘ practice run ’ with the company 's executives to check the areas where they will be asked questions and to prepare them for the meetings with would be acquirors .
21 Those families in which a parent died from an illness known in advance to be terminal seemed to be better able to respond to the needs of their children , and to prepare them for the loss with information and emotional support .
22 Those who were too shy or too inexperienced to pray on those occasions would meet together on a Saturday night to read , to pray and to prepare themselves for the following Sabbath day .
23 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 .
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