Example sentences of "preparing for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilson , himself a soccer fan , was the same , as Crossman discovered when he went to see him in April 1970 about a set of lectures on Cabinet government he was preparing for Harvard : |
| 2 | ‘ It 's like we 're preparing for Armageddon . ’ |
| 3 | PREPARING FOR SEPTEMBER EXAMINATIONS ? |
| 4 | Referring to a comrade of her son 's , she wrote : ‘ This boy and mine were together all through the African war and only separated when they were preparing for France . |
| 5 | One autumn night , when Liz was preparing for Oxford and Cambridge entrance , Shirley had come home at ten from the Harpers ' , flushed from sexual excitement and from running through the cold streets under the yellowing smoke-scented suburban trees , her body on fire , and had found Liz still sitting where she had left her , two hours earlier , at the kitchen table , staring at the pale-green wall , as though in a catatonic trance . |
| 6 | ‘ Mr Kinnock and Mr Ashdown are preparing for Britain a deadly political cocktail . |
| 7 | Three members of the squad , captain Joanne Lunt , Helen Sartain and Linzi Green are full internationals preparing for Britain 's challenge in the European Championships this summer , while another five are members of the Great Britain junior squad . |
| 8 | All Cantona would say as he headed off for a quick trip to Paris before preparing for Sunday 's derby clash was : ‘ I enjoyed my debut . ’ |
| 9 | Berger , preparing for Sunday 's Australian Grand Prix , said the sport 's credibility suffered . |
| 10 | Berger , who is preparing for Sunday 's Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide , said the sport 's credibility suffered from such actions . |
| 11 | At times it seemed as if most of the students and young teachers were preparing for TOEFL and the major topic of conversation was ‘ going abroad ’ . |
| 12 | However , she took Tom 's advice and busied herself preparing for Anna 's wedding day . |
| 13 | For I have no doubt of the welcome he is preparing for Hector when they meet . |
| 14 | But you forget — I was in the sacristy preparing for Compline . ’ |
| 15 | The Lady Prioress was in church , the other nuns preparing for Compline , and it was only a short walk . |
| 16 | A scene of high tension can be greatly enhanced if it is preceded by a passage of comedy , as Shakespeare in preparing for Macbeth 's murder of Duncan well knew . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , Scott drew heavily on the Byzantine palaces of Venice , which Ruskin had popularized in The Stones of Venice , for inspiration in the revised Foreign Office design that he was preparing for Palmerston in the autumn of 1859 . |
| 18 | But as i told you before , when the council started preparing for Hitler , in when I went on the council work in nineteen thirty six I had to fill the ditches in there . |
| 19 | Later , when they were in their bedroom , preparing for Evensong , John pulled out a long legal envelope from his travelling writing case and said : ‘ Here is my real present to you . |