Example sentences of "ready for [det] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Mr Dinkins is ready for that kind of campaign .
2 Have well considered questions ready for both types of interview which you ask in a logical sequence .
3 His eyes were on her , but Shelley was n't ready for any attempts at reconciliation .
4 He frowned and his eyes darkened dangerously and Ruth thought she had misjudged her timing and he was n't ready for any thoughts of their future together .
5 Not only that , but , because of the nature of the work , I had to be 100 per cent alert and ready for any type of trouble from the moment I turned up .
6 It was feared he would not be ready for any contest until Christmas , but intensive treatment at Lilleshall has paid dividends sooner than anticipated .
7 TREVOR FRANCIS believes David Hirst is ready for another call from Graham Taylor after a stunning goal ended Southampton 's resistance yesterday .
8 After all this he is then ready for another day at Sekers — where he works ! .
9 The petty cash sheet is then ready for another lot of entries .
10 ‘ Nice to see you all here , ready for another evening of gentle wit and repartee . ’
11 As the royal party came through the school gates , however , an entire youth brass orchestra , who again had obviously been at the ready for several hours on a cold wintry day , burst into life in the playground .
12 And I 'd also like to come back on this of closed schools in that if we look only at chronological age , which puts a limit on ‘ O ’ levels , we are shutting doors , because many students — and I see this in the sixth form — are not ready for these examinations at the prescribed age .
13 When the adventurers enter , it is laid out ready for some kind of concert or performance .
14 Failure to be ready for this kind of thing is the main cause of our dismissing whole squadrons of our fellow-creatures as uninteresting or inferior .
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