Preparations

Examples

• As yet the enemy had made no move, so Justinian had plenty of time to complete his defensive preparations. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The preparations for my marriage are making, and I shall be married soon. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The strongest washing powder is soda, and this cheap form is as good as any of the more expensive preparations sold under fancy names. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• He had already locked up his safe, and made preparations for going home. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I must write to them at Oxford, to see that the preparations are made: they can be getting on with these till I arrive. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• After that exhibition we had a house-cleaning at the laboratory, and the metallic-filament lamps were stored away, while preparations were made for our experiments on carbon lamps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Thoroughly clean the article from all grease and dirt (see polishing preparations, page 12), and apply with a soft rag or brush and polish with a chamois skin. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Later in the evening Black Michael joined them long enough to instruct them to make their preparations for landing on the morrow. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Days were passed in parleys, visits, preparations. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The old housekeeper and her son remain until the preparations are complete, and then she returns upstairs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• My object was to drive Longstreet out of East Tennessee as a part of the preparations for my spring campaign. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I had left her this evening, reposing after the fatigues of her preparations. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• On the occasion of this domestic little party, I did not repeat my former extensive preparations. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The preparations of new carriages and furniture might wait for London and spring, when her own taste could have fairer play. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The preparations for the reception of visitors appeared to be completed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Accordingly, preparations were begun for moving the army to the Rio Grande, to a point near Matamoras. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• This he has been directed to do, and is now making preparations for it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He found Sheridan just making his preparations to attack Early in his chosen position. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• These then were the preparations for a battle, nay, the battle itself; far different from any thing the imagination had pictured. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Other preparations were also in hand. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Great preparations were made at Sarnia, the Canadian town opposite Port Huron. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• There was no need for haste, and some months were consumed in the necessary preparations for a move. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He makes big preparations. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• They made their preparations to leave the next day. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Bottled preparations, warious. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• An assault upon it was not thought of, but preparations were made to flank the enemy out of it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• So soon as your men are sufficiently rested, and preparations can be made, it is desirable that another campaign should be commenced. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• While these preparations were going on the enemy was not entirely idle. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• To whom I imparted how my uncle had come in the night and was then asleep, and how the breakfast preparations were to be modified accordingly. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The next three or four days were occupied with the preparations which were necessary for their journey to the borough of Eatanswill. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

Editor: Randolph