Example sentences of "[am/are] ready to [be] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 'll just tidy up these boots and then they 're ready to be delivered . ’
2 ‘ So you 're not honest enough to admit you 're ready to be loved . ’
3 I 'm ready to be productive and take my place in the techno world ! ’
4 As I I love being a candidate , I love talking to voters , I like being active and doing things and that 's the reason basically that I want to be your Euro candidate , I 'm ready to be a candidate again .
5 Now , seeing him solemn , distressed , his hands wet from wiping my plate , I am ready to be fellow creature again .
6 These price increases will not be brought in unless and until compensation schemes for individuals and rural communities which have no alternative to the use of cars are ready to be introduced .
7 When they are ready to be deployed , the doors of the bell and chamber are sealed .
8 Clean , pure and , arguably , tasteless , the Californian almonds are ready to be graded and shipped .
9 FLOWERING grasses in the garden and the seed heads of bulbous plants , like the ornamental onions ( Allium ) , are ready to be cut and dried for winter flower arrangements .
10 But it might be two years before they are ready to be drafted into the League side .
11 These Fanatics remain hidden , carried along by their fellows , until they are ready to be pushed out towards the enemy .
12 When they are ready to be seen on their home territory — which may be northern Scandinavia or Iceland — they disappear , hopefully to come back with their offspring in the autumn .
13 This method of cultivation protects the growing plants from late frosts and builds up heat in the soil so that the potatoes are ready to be lifted 2–3 weeks earlier than if they had been grown conventionally .
14 We are ready to be cheered ; but we should first give a prosy scowl and ask of this poetic flourish , Is it true ?
15 When you 're packed up and are ready to be on your way , the Bike Tent packs small and is carried under the crossbar to save precious space in your panniers .
16 Just a few finishing touchs and the thirty six cast iron baths are ready to be shipped out to Japan .
17 Ballot papers on strike action are ready to be sent out to Football League players if talks on the Premier League do not meet the satisfaction of the Professional Footballers ' Association which wants a say in the new set-up .
18 ‘ These fraudsters will give you enough information to make you greedy and that 's when you are ready to be scammed because you are expecting to make a fortune . ’
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