Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] ready for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Amazingly refreshed and ready for absolutely anything . |
| 2 | Alan Watkins of the Observer had spent August and September as a guest in Great Houses ; Michael Jones of The Sunday Times had spent six weeks in Tuscany avoiding , whenever he could , the Gilmours , Jenkinses and Mortimers ; Peter Riddell of The Times , Hugo Young , Julia Langdon , Simon Heffer , Sir Robin Day-they were all in Brighton on expenses , refreshed and ready for the fray . |
| 3 | The distinction between policy making and implementation seems to need to rest upon the identification of decision points at which a policy is deemed to be made and ready for implementations like a commodity that is manufactured and ready for selling . |
| 4 | And with his body gutted and ready for … |
| 5 | Mini Cooper cars taxed and ready for the road ( insurance not included ) |
| 6 | It was to be built and ready for traffic by 0030 hours the following morning . |
| 7 | In other words , the beef will be well hung and ready for the Savoy table . |
| 8 | The distinction between policy making and implementation seems to need to rest upon the identification of decision points at which a policy is deemed to be made and ready for implementations like a commodity that is manufactured and ready for selling . |
| 9 | Hard fingers encircled his arm and haled him out of the room , and he went like one in a dream , unable to resist but ready for some treacherous pitfall to open under his feet at every step . |
| 10 | By now the millpond had been lined with heavy-duty polythene to avoid leaks , and the installations in the turbine house were completed and ready for T-Day , as we called it in June 1976 . |
| 11 | And it was one of those such nights that at half past seven I 'd just got most of the fires set and ready to er er just on and going and I 'd half an hour to get everything straightened and ready for eight o'clock opening , and the door at the back went , which was where the office used to be . |
| 12 | The status of every room can be displayed , enabling the reception office to tell at a glance whether a room is occupied , waiting to be cleaned or ready for the next guest . |
| 13 | The lifeboat was rehoused at 0145 and was refuelled and ready for service at 0215 . |
| 14 | If on the other hand the video is to be a record of a once in a lifetime trip , you are more likely to accept the need to go fully equipped and ready for all eventualities . |
| 15 | They have twenty six mig 21s and 15 Su 22 , some of them constantly armed and ready for action . |
| 16 | The ship is bought and ready for sea . |
| 17 | There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn . |
| 18 | Sails are kept fully rigged and ready for action , and all rigs are interchangeable with all boards . |
| 19 | They estimate it will take them 20,000 man-hours to get the aircraft flying and ready for the round-the-world trip . |
| 20 | I feed her and get her washed and undressed and ready for bed and then these two sit down to tea . |
| 21 | It had probably been the only one aired and ready for the unexpected guest this morning . |
| 22 | The Legal Centre was up and running and ready for business . |
| 23 | A beaming party leader , Mr Algirdas Brazauskas , went to the podium to declare the party ‘ rejuvenated and ready for new battles ’ . |
| 24 | When the news of Jones ' work first came to Pons ' attention late in 1988 , the 4 mm diameter rod was not yet charged and ready for test , nor were all rods giving heat — the chemists referred to these rods as being ‘ dead ’ . |
| 25 | After a stay at Cedar Falls , you 'll feel totally relaxed and invigorated and ready for anything ! |
| 26 | Smith had lent me his very able stenographer and we worked until dawn , when the memorandum was typed and ready for me to take to Smith first thing in the morning . |
| 27 | The sun was up , the skies were blue and the water looked inviting , Even more appealing however was the pontoon with nine Beneteau 35 yachts moored and ready for their crews of novice sailors . |
| 28 | ‘ Until it 's all finished and ready for you , ’ she had said with her glowing smile . |
| 29 | He was used to flying the small Citation twin jet , and it was now parked , refuelled and ready for his journey to Moscow . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll have a company helicopter refuelled and ready for take-off within the hour . ’ |