Example sentences of "have prepared [pron] for [adj] [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 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 .
3 Wordsworth had some idea of what was going on , as he had prepared himself for this second visit by reading pamphlets , and probably had a letter of introduction to Brissot ; but at first he was only sentimentally affected by the ideals of the Revolution .
4 Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation .
5 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 …
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