Meantime de Sigognac was steadily gaining upon them; without slackening his pace he had managed to draw his sword from the scabbard, and brandished it aloft, ready for action, as he ran.
Now, that I haven't a penny left, I feel as gay as a lark--ready for anything.
In vain he urged reason; there was no gainsaying her: she brushed aside, without listening to it, his objection that their rooms in Leipzig would not be ready for them.
He felt soready for work, so fresh and unworn; the fervour of a deep enthusiasm was rampant in him.
The screen was placed behind the throne, and her footstool was also placed ready for her, and she ordered one of the Court ladies to go and bring several gowns for her to select from.
In order to separate the silk a needle is used to pick up the end of the thread which is then wound on to a spool and is ready for weaving.
Our eunuchs were very good, and had everything packed up ready for us.
Hold this skein on your hands, while I wind it, ready for knitting; Then who knows but hereafter, when fashions have changed and the manners, Fathers may talk to their sons of the good old times of John Alden!
I will go in and rest, And make meready for to-morrow's journey.
Ready for my severest pain do I here stand:--at the wrong time hast thou come!
What he wanted was to get her thoroughly interested in himself, and to maintain her in a receptive condition until such time as he should be ready for a final move.
Tell your mother to have some clean shirts and thingsready for you, and we will be off day after to-morrow morning.
There, the table was laid for his supper, and his old grey gown was ready for him on his chair-back at the fire.
His supper was cooking in a saucepan on the fire, and, when she moved, it was to make it ready for him on the table.
They were silent, but the old woman peeped from behind a curtain, and saw the snake busy at the pots which she had placed ready for him in the courtyard.
When Elsa awoke the next morning in her silken bed, with its soft white pillows, she saw a beautiful dress lying over the back of a chair, ready for her to put on.
When the great snake is coming there springs up a wind, and blows the dust about, and this goes on till the great snake glides into the courtyard and calls for his dinner, which must always be ready forhim in those big pots.
I waited for some minutes near the door, trying to convince myself by the lie of the shadows outside that he was crouched there, ready for me.
You can carry your kettle on your beef till you be ready for en.
The acid must not be put into the cells till everything is ready for charging.
If there is anything I can do for you in the way of having supplies on ship-board, at any point on the sea-coast, ready for you, let me know it.
On these dangerous excursions Card was always accompanied by one of his brothers, the other remaining with me to be ready for duty if any accident occurred to those who had gone out, or in case I wanted to communicate with them.
If there is any thing I can do for you in the way of having supplies on shipboard, at any point on the seacoast, ready for you, let me know it.
Among the Masai honey-wine is brewed by a man and a woman who live in a hut set apart for them till the wine is ready for drinking.
The column is then filled with combustible materials, ready for ignition.
Do not be afraid, Nadia," said Michael; "but be ready for anything.
On the land a man must be ready for anythin' at any time; you can't work it no other way.
What that world contains for me I know not, though so many public men have tried to tell me; but it has never been my way to recoil from the Unknown, and I am ready for my journey beyond the wide world's end.
I have brought one, thinking you might be ready for it.
By that time we shall be ready for dinner, and I know a place where we can have it in comfort.
He will be here early, and we must be ready for a start at once.
My airship is ready for service, and once I find we're all right I'll start for the border.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ready for" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
