Example sentences of "had not be prepared for " in BNC.

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1 Nathan had not been prepared for the bus trip into and out of the town and the long walk through the snow to a campsite either .
2 He had not been prepared for Cheltenham the same as some horses are , because there had been a last-minute change of plan for him and he would not have been really galloped hard .
3 He had not been prepared for John to stand on the floor of the penthouse , complaining .
4 Although she had not been prepared for his barrage of questions and had answered them almost truculently , she had made Nicky think twice about her simply because she seemed more direct and independent than most of the girls he knew .
5 I had not been prepared for the volume of decisions I had to make .
6 I had not been prepared for a walk across a wasteland under a hot white sun .
7 But she had not been prepared for the intensity of her response .
8 But all the same , Sara had not been prepared for the girls ' curiosity about Matthew .
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