Example sentences of "[was/were] ready [prep] [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 My two chips were ready in my sweaty palm .
2 My two chips were ready in my sweaty palm .
3 Maintenance was performed under the direction of the late John King , whose eleven man crew attended to making sure each of the aircraft was ready for its required film assignment .
4 Neil Williams ( see the September issue ) was flying it for him and , the initial tests complete and the aeroplane signed off by Mike Searle , Spencer was ready for his first sortie .
5 There was no evidence that Berowne had started his own meal — that in itself might be of some help in deciding on the approximate time of death — but he had apparently either cajoled Harry into the church with the promise of a meal or , more likely , had supplied an obvious and immediate need before he was ready for his own share of the supper .
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