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

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1 Researchers also managed to trap the ethyl radical , C 2 H 5 , another classic organic intermediate , after preparing it from a precursor containing carbon dioxide .
2 He had borrowed a car from one of his colleagues , and he felt hot , sweaty and uncertain of himself , having had to spend more time mastering the crate 's uncertain ways than in preparing himself for the meeting to come .
3 Tennis players are notoriously bad in preparing themselves for the season — and especially the ‘ off ’ season .
4 ‘ I think that certainly helped in preparing me for the jump — after all I had three years to think about it , ’ said Nigel .
5 Molloy and Carroll suggest that while Access courses equip students with whatever is necessary for the completion of a degree course they may be less successful in preparing them for the higher levels of academic performance .
6 With a sense of impending doom heavy on her shoulders , she went up to their shared suite to have a long , relaxing shower before preparing herself for the fireworks that would inevitably , as night overtook day , follow .
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