Example sentences of "[vb past] be prepare for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This had been prepared for her by Dolores , or one of the maids . |
| 2 | But all had been prepared for them . |
| 3 | A social role is rather similar to a role played by an actor : people occupying certain positions or statuses in society are expected to behave in certain predictable ways , as if ‘ scripts ’ had been prepared for them . |
| 4 | In theory he had been prepared for it all along , but that it should happen now , right now … |
| 5 | The obelisk was nearly completed , and a place had been prepared for it near the south pylon of the Temple of Ptah ; the barge which had brought it had long since returned to the quarries upriver . |
| 6 | Sadly , when Mr Mason 's marvellous edifice arrived in May 1857 it was discovered that the basin which had been prepared for it was far too small . |
| 7 | A cup of foaming vitriol had been prepared for my anointing by the infant 's grandmother , who was the mother of the Guider and a member of the church although not present on this occasion . |
| 8 | Retirement is one of the few moments which a politician can choose with deliberation and Baldwin had been preparing for it for months , if not for years . |