Example sentences of "ready for [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | he says , you know , th they 're about ready for renewing or parts |
| 2 | In all cases the broken ore was allowed to fall about the girls ' feet from where it was shovelled by the younger boys and girls and wheeled to the respective piles or hoppers , At all stages waste was thrown aside ready for tramming or barrowing to the spoil heaps . |
| 3 | Without digressing into the subject of word processing in itself , which would probably require a paper all of its own , suffice it to say that word processing programs on computer enable letters and any other documents to be created , corrected if necessary , then stored on disk or tape ready for printing or alteration at a later data In this example a general letter inviting a candidate to interview could be drawn up and then only the details specific to each candidate need be added before printing the letter . |
| 4 | When this process is completed , the plate is ready for printing and is placed on the bed of the etching press . |
| 5 | The board is then ready for drilling and tinning ( if required ) before soldering in the components . |
| 6 | During that period the bees would be working busily up and down in the fermenting liquid and at the end of the two weeks it was ready for straining and bottling . |
| 7 | SCIENTISTS have found a way to put ripe pineapples ‘ to sleep ’ so they are ready for eating when they go on sale . |
| 8 | Bell metal , an alloy of copper and tin , was then poured in and allowed to set before the clay was broken away to leave the bell ready for tuning and polishing . |
| 9 | This was then ready for sampling and marketing . |
| 10 | The electric pumps deliver fuel to the carburettors ready for starting and , on a cold day , the primers should be used although for some reason these are wired closed on Juliet Uniform and one has to pump the throttles a few times before firing up . |
| 11 | For example a home-made brawn or pig's-head cheese seasoned with a generous amount of lemon juice ( squeezed in after cooking and when the meat is shredded or chopped ready for potting or moulding ) transforms an often insipid dish into a delicacy . |
| 12 | These grow rapidly and now some of the forests are ready for cutting and replanting . |
| 13 | It was a meadow ready for cutting and suddenly I realized that it was high summer , the sun was hot and that every step brought the fragrance of clover and warm grass rising about me into the crystal freshness of the air . |