Example sentences of "ready for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the spark plugs on this particular engine had been removed and the necessary test equipment had been attached , ready for a dry run to be carried out ; ( engine turned over without starting up ) , so that the individual cylinder pressures could be read . |
| 2 | Thus the Conservatives wanted a smaller , efficient and cheap executive but were then ready for a strong executive . |
| 3 | So much so that I was ready for a rich joke when my family got home from their various doings that birthday evening . |
| 4 | There was Donald from the smithy , joking with young McLaggan from Grandtully and two of his own daughters — they had brought parcels of food and bottles of drink and looked ready for a good day 's outing . |
| 5 | Leaving his wife to clear up all the dishes , Mr Jones went to get himself ready for a good game of cards with his friends from work . |
| 6 | Barbara was bored with the bob she 'd had for the past four years and was ready for a complete change . |
| 7 | It was designed for the struggle which , as I feared , was before us ; between the two European tendencies which Napoleon I called Republican and Cossack , and which I , according to our present ideas , should designate on the one side as the system of order on a monarchical basis , and on the other as the social republic to the level of which the antimonarchical development is wont to sink , either slowly or by leaps and bounds , until the conditions thus created become intolerable , and the disappointed populace are ready for a violent return to monarchical institutions in a Caesarean form . |
| 8 | 5 The defender then cocks her knee ready for a turning kick . |
| 9 | She was ready for a dusk-to-dawn party , self-possessed and poised enough to appear in a hairspray commercial . |
| 10 | Journalist Meredith Oakley , of the Arkansas Gazette in the Clintons ' home state , said : ‘ If America had been ready for a female President she would have run herself . |
| 11 | There 're so many wild oranges on the island that when they 're ripe the boys and girls go out in gangs , pick them by the thousand , squeeze out all the juice and let it ferment in casks until it 's ready for a week-long celebration . |
| 12 | Either the man she is with is not ready for a long-term commitment , he may be violent and she wants to keep him away from the child . |
| 13 | He was dressed in work clothes — tailored dark grey trousers and a cream shirt — but the latter was open at the neck and he wore no tie , suggesting that he had been ready for a relaxing Friday evening drink . |
| 14 | I want you to get a bed ready for a new patient in D. She 's a diabetic , coming in for stabilisation . ’ |
| 15 | But Manchester United are a world-famous club and I was ready for a new challenge . ’ |
| 16 | action round-up now … and pride of place this week goes to Oxford 's Eddie Jordan … his grand prix team are getting ready for a new formula one season … today at Silverstone the new car was unveiled |
| 17 | While the coach waits for a satisfactory fitness test , Steadman , already out of tomorrow 's game with Wakefield , said : ‘ I hope to be ready for a reserve game on Saturday or possibly Monday 's game at Hull but I am confident I will be fit before Wembley . |
| 18 | When he was told of a young man who wished to become a poet , Eliot replied , " He 's getting ready for a sad life " , and Ronald Duncan said that during this period he looked " miserable and unwell " and " began to affect many signs of premature old age " . |
| 19 | Alternatively , socialist parties can maintain their ideology intact , keeping the class ready for a revolutionary opportunity but see their support possibly dwindle to restrictive ‘ ghetto ’ status . |
| 20 | Estonia gets ready for a three-letter miracle : Rupert Cornwell traces the Baltic republic 's rapid move to remarkable degree of economic and political autonomy |
| 21 | An expensive crunch was heard that day , and the dismantled aircraft can now be seen at Socata 's Tarbes factory , ready for a total rebuild . |
| 22 | They audience was ready for a great star because they 'd heard that he was . |
| 23 | At the County Ground the swindon fans were ready for a runaway win ; ready for a landslide of goals , after Nicky Summerbee went and won a penalty in the opening minutes . |
| 24 | pol polish up on the mirrors and get ready for a mock test |
| 25 | It is not the unfettered giant that , tautly ready for a fierce ground war in the Gulf , it may appear to be . |
| 26 | Mum sat at the end nearest the wall , then my two sisters , whilst I sat next to Dad , who took the outside seat ready for a quick get-away when it was time to take the collection . |
| 27 | Pete arrives , and half-an-hour later the equipment 's ready for a quick rehearsal . |
| 28 | If this is to be a spinnaker leg , hold onto the hoist until you are sure that no-one is going to luff you , but be ready for a quick hoist . |
| 29 | Wise tourists ignore the beach-based snorkelling and take a hotel pool scuba diving course ready for a two-hour boat ride to the spectacular coral reef , home to vivid living coral and neon-bright fish . |
| 30 | ‘ I had champagne chilling ready for a romantic dinner à deux . |