getting-ready

About a half an hour before she was getting ready to head out for dinner, there was a knock at Ellie's door.

Becky was getting ready to wrap Christmas presents when a Marine officer called with the news.

The state legislature in Michigan is getting ready to vote on a right-to-work law.

With an eye on topping the medal table at this summer's Universiade, China is getting ready to send its largest delegation ever to Shenzhen.

Getting ready to break a bad habit is tough, and getting in the right mindset to break a habit in just a month is even tougher.

Rolls was getting ready to jump into the car; but then he noticed a policeman who was not looking the other way. The slow car reached him.

Quite a few more power outages out there, but as we speak people are getting ready to get power restored.

It's very nice of him, but truthfully I'd rather just spend a quiet evening in the hotel getting ready for tomorrow's appointment.

A retired couple from New York City, Abie and Zelda now living in Boca Raton, Florida, were getting ready to go out to dinner.

Night came, we were getting ready to go to bed.

But today we read in the WSJ that China has seen the cracks and is getting ready to invest in commercial mortgages and related securities.

In recent days came the rumor that Petrochina and Sinopec are getting ready to bid for part of Marathon Oil following its planned split-up.

I'd been getting ready to go out when a man appeared on the doorstep with a clipboard trying to raise money for a homeless charity.

A few months ago, I was getting ready to go on another book tour, and I had my bags packed.

After all, you don't want the person you are getting ready to have sex with staring at you as you fumble with a condom.

But please don't worry that I'm getting ready to preach to you about, compassion or other directedness or the so-called "virtues" .

THE YUAN, having taken a breather after a sprint against the U. S. dollar, seems to be getting ready for another upward run.

Last week I mentioned that astute investors following the Common Sense system should be getting ready to sell something.

Last day Gideon's army is getting ready to fight the last battle for the truth.

They seemed to be getting ready to leave. So I said, "Please don't go gentlemen. She will not know me. I am a stranger to her. "

Look how enthusiastic and conscientious you are. How much are we getting ready to contribute to the NationalWelfare System this time?

But nearly three years after declaring the system a failure, officials are at last getting ready to unveil a plan to fix it.

He was by a river in East Africa, facing the camera and up close to it, squatting down, getting ready to take a photograph of something.

About 45 minutes later, I had finished my meal and was getting ready to head out to the airport, my waiter was no where to be found.

When you are excited and getting ready to have sex, you will be even more likely to do something wrong when putting on the condom.

Swift has spent the past year on the Speak Now World Tour in support of her third album, and now she's getting ready to go further.

Imagine you're lying on your back in yoga class, getting ready to fold up and over into Paschimottanasana.

John: Good morning. This is John Smith in Room 123. I'm getting ready to leave. Would you send a bellhop for my bags, please.

You keep on working hard, I'm getting ready to pack, and am going to fly to Nanjing in a few hours.

Thousands of Marines there have been sent to Iraq, and thousands more are getting ready to be deployed to Afghanistan.

Handy Ted is getting ready to do some work on his place and he is in desperate need of your help.

I said: I haven't had a chance to chill out these last few days getting ready for school.

So, when you're getting ready to make a request, imagine that you're doing so on behalf of your team or a colleague.

Tim: You are right. Whenever I'm getting ready to go out, I always end up spending a few more minutes than I planned.

I spent as much time in goading myself on to duties that I should have liked to shirk or in getting ready to work as I did in actual labor.

What's up, Julia? I was just getting ready to go to bed, but that's okay.

Some of the soldiers I met at Fort Bliss had just come home from the battlefield, and others are getting ready to ship out.

You know, we are just about getting ready to raid MC, if you do not concentrate, we will put your name in the "backup" list.

They were getting ready to have a sports meet at the moment.

Taiwan is getting ready to hold its biggest food fair, the Taipei Culinary Exhibition (TCE).

When you are getting ready to undertake a great adventure, the Ordinary World knows somehow and clings to you.

Many coastal birds are now getting ready to pair bond, court, and nest, noted the Louisiana Coastal Initiative's Driscoll.

"They were getting ready to print the programmes, " he said, "and I gave them the name of Carrie Madenda. Was that all right? "

He was obstinate as he always had been , and a little slow , but he had been getting ready to turn .

Stevie has grown into a fine young man, getting ready to go to college.

The portly sales manager was getting ready to leave his doctor's office after a routine examination.

When Americans were getting ready to send men into space, they wanted to be sure that it would be safe.

Ajaan Fuang once had a student, an old woman, who started practicing meditation with him when he was getting ready to leave Wat Asokaram.

Guangzhou is getting ready to welcome athletes and friends from all over Asia!

Amy is going to have a picnic with her classmates. She is getting ready to take cakes, fruit and sandwiches with her.

If I were to leave for another place tomorrow, I should be getting ready today.

I reach for this all the time when getting ready to go out for soft, clean-feeling skin.

Taking his post of getting ready to attack, the sculpture is to commemorate the superstar's great achievements.

While I was getting ready to leave for work one morning, the phone rang.

Thousands of mer Marines there have been send sent to Iraq, and thousands more are getting ready to be deploy deployed to Afghanistan.

"I may be wrong, but I believe Willard might be getting ready to become a part of the world around him, " I told the principal.

Ballot boxes are in place in France as the country is getting ready to select a new president.

Now, after a bit of a delay, the companies are getting ready to ship the Box in November.

The full moon was out and a foolish thief was getting ready to rob an old man's house.

Backstage with the modern dancers, Getting ready to go on, She showed me her spin, With a beauty lit from within.

Please come right in, Misses Smith. We were just getting ready to have dinner.

I was getting ready to bust when she stopped, looked up into my eyes and said "Do you believe in Jesus? "

She was still in her apartment, though getting ready to leave.

She was getting ready to go to her friend's house on the other side of the wood and did not think anything would happen to her on the way.

It was nearly half an hour later after work this afternoon and I was getting ready to leave after I finished the work.

Glen had a problem and Soto was ill, so it just a question of getting ready straight away.

Despite the fact that the Sun has been virtually asleep, embarrassingly quiet, they are on cue getting ready to blame it all on the Sun.

It seems your tray stand has been very useful to you, but we are getting ready to leave now , and my wife needs her walker back.

The deadly attack came as the minority Shiite community of Pakistan was getting ready to mark its annual mourning known as Ashoura.

He's getting ready to leave for Tokyo.

Your dream seems to suggest that you may be tired of the normal routines of getting ready.

Once he saw a turtle someone was getting ready to eat. He felt sorry for it, so he bought the turtle and took it to the river.

Up in Lapland , Santa Claus is getting ready to leave, making his annual Christmas deliveries.

Small as the space was, I wanted a hint of drama, of an event getting ready to happen.

The bond bubble is getting ready to burst, which will collapse the U. S. government debt bubble with it.

As the dialog begins, Stanley is getting ready to take them into the tunnel for a look around.

One night while getting ready to go onstage, Dana was frantically searching through his contact bag.

But, I still want to send you my best wishes and encouragement! I know how much hard work you have poured into getting ready for tomorrow!

One of his main Republican rivals, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, is also getting ready to unveil a plan.

Many see that the country is getting ready to build lots of new power plants to meet our energy needs.

One such year on New Year's Eve, all the villagers were getting ready to go hide in the mountains.

I was about to leave the house on an errand, and my husband was getting ready for a dental appointment.

Ever see that person who arrives late to work and then spends the next hour and 15 minutes getting ready to start working?

I am in need of a custom web designer for a project that I am getting ready to launch. With this project, here is what I would want.

Rescue workers rigged up a camera down there so that people could watch a live feed of the miners getting ready to go up.

Next time you're getting ready to jog but don't feel 100 percent eager to do it, why not go out for a skip instead?

It felt like an impossibly huge goal when I was getting ready to launch it, but slowly but surely, I've built it into something I love.

The company is getting ready to move to larger quarters, and is in the process of hiring additional receptionists .

About an hour later I was getting ready to take a shower when kissinger burst in with the news that chairman mao wanted to meet me.

Maybe attending church service after undauntedly complaining and bickering the entire time getting ready to give God his one hour a week.

Maybe attending church service after undauntedly complaining and bickering the entire time getting ready to give God his one hour a week.

I can sense your getting ready to tell me to take an aspirin in a glass of wine. Don't talk down to me!

"No, " she answered, rising. "Besides, it's time I was getting ready for the theatre. I'll have to leave you. Come, now. "

Next morning, just as she was getting ready to leave for school, I hugged her for a moment.

At this time of the year, the geese are getting ready to fly south to warmer countries.

In the meantime, though, the Kepler team is getting ready for yet another big announcement just a few weeks from now.

"Microresumes" have become especially popular this May, as prospective university graduates are getting ready to enter the workforce.

Scotland is getting ready to capitalize on something the country has plenty of: fierce, stormy waves.

Today, as I was getting ready to leave to a job interview, a tow truck was hauling my car away.

Perhaps some of them are getting ready to convert from fundamentalism to common sense.

Glimpsed through lamp lit windows, everybody seems to be getting ready for something.

It's Christmas Eve and Santa's getting ready to deliver presents to boys and girls all round the world.

He planned to spend the first year of it getting ready to fight.

Getting ready for university is exhausting, so much to do, I'm still not ready and I'm so tired!

She is one of the hundreds of Chinese families who are getting ready to welcome foreign visitors into their homes.

A man and his girlfriend were getting ready to drive to dinner when they saw a large triangular object in the northeastern sky.

Probably she or he is out there today, working on the equations, getting ready to publish the paper that will win the Nobel Prize.

That means getting ready to care more for ourselves in old age, perhaps by retiring later, perhaps by saving more.

We want our children to be getting ready to worship the Lord, too.

Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one.

The driver revved up the engine, getting ready to start.

Now China is reorienting its military concepts in keeping with modern times. It is getting ready to launch an aircraft carrier.

The runway is prepared and we in our tent getting ready to leave.

South Korean officials say North Korea could be getting ready to test-fire a missile.

The Yellowstone super volcano is getting ready to blow, and if it does, we can look forward to nuclear winter and 90 percent annihilation.

The boats are ready, the zongzi are fresh, and children are getting ready to stand eggs on end.

The Oregon Sustainability Center is getting ready to build the largest Living Building Challenge-certified office tower in the world.

While getting ready for the hotel's grand opening, Donald Trump was involved already in his next deal, the biggest one so far.

The Serb traveled to Miami following the Paris Indoors event and when getting ready to depart for Shanghai, he couldn't find his passport.

"Usually at this time we are fishing or getting ready to fish, but this year we can't even put out a boat to fish, " Hong told CNN.

"Usually at this time we are fishing or getting ready to fish, but this year we can't even put out a boat to fish, " Hong told CNN.

They were getting ready to bring in a dark horse to stampede the election.

you guys think they may be getting ready to get their money back? ? ?

North (Korea) denies reports that it's getting ready to test a long-range missile.

At the end of a long day, I was getting ready to prepare dinner.

We've been busy here at the Beauty Brains, getting ready to publish our first book.

When the merchant returned home he put the money on the desk, getting ready to wash his hands for church.

We are currently in Panama City, getting ready to ship the bikes to Bogota, Colombia this coming weekend.

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college.

I had finished breakfast and was getting ready to go to the newspaper when it happened.

I had finished breakfast and was getting ready to go to the newspaper when it happened.

Ratchet : I sense the deceptions are getting ready to mobilize .

Several firms are getting ready to tap into this underserved market.

A young man was getting ready to graduate college.

My oldest son and I are getting along better now that he's getting ready to go to college.

The cons quickly mix together concrete, getting ready to fill the hole.

Tan, who spoke to FORBES from London, where he was getting ready to watch his new team play, insists he will not lose money.

If I am getting ready to pop a paper bag, Then you are getting ready to jump.

It was Friday evening, and they were getting ready with noisy delight for the next day's excursion.

Leaving the party so soon? We're just getting ready to cut the cake.

Leaving the party so soon? We're just getting ready to cut the cake.

The flamboyant face-painted band KISS are getting ready to rock again.

I was getting ready to bust when she stopped, looked up into my eyes and shelp "Do you trust in Jesus? "

Michael is at his and Tom's apartment getting ready for his first day at New Wave Computers. Tom is helping Michael prepare for his big day.

But the Science Advisory Committee missed another reason to have humans aboard, perhaps one of equal importance to getting ready for space.

actually I was getting ready to go to bed because I have to go volunteer my time tomorrow at the local animal shelter at 8 am.

Roger Mason Jr. , however, was over 6, 000 miles away from Charlottesville, getting ready to hit the boards rather than the books.

The first osprey chicks to be born in Northumberland for at least 200 years are fighting fit and getting ready for take-off.

Deep down, we're all getting ready to tuck our heads under our wings for sleep.

But they're incoming only for the cleaning so far, to help release and feel lighter, getting ready for the Real flight.

But they're incoming only for the cleaning so far, to help release and feel lighter, getting ready for the Real flight.

He was getting ready to go to a new school, when suddenly dozens of letters started arriving at the house.

The united opponent parties are getting ready to mount a powerful attack on the government.

My husband snapped a few when I was getting ready for bed one day, convincing me to put on a black garter belt.

Often I am asked to make some new investments here, but my answer in every case is, "I am getting ready to move. "

I sense the Decepticons are getting ready to mobilize.

Husbands often get ants in their pants while their wives are getting ready to go out.

"Up here, " thought the dog, "they will have finished eating before I arrive, but over there they are just getting ready to eat. "

Based in Crewe, England, Bentley is also getting ready to launch a sports car.

India is getting ready to export tobacco to China from this year, if everything goes well.

India is getting ready to export tobacco to China from this year, if everything goes well.

God is getting ready to make a change in your life.

My Ideal Phone System We're getting ready to move and it's time to figure out the phone thing again.

The drama started as the bride was getting ready for the ceremony when her 16-month-old page boy turned blue and had a fit in front of her.

He said his company is expecting rmb 50 million after-tax income and getting ready for an IPO.

PAUL: Actually I was getting ready to go somewhere.

Actually, I was getting ready to go somewhere.

getting ready for the massive game this weekend vs lfc, . . . our support is always lively at Anfield!

In the meantime, Ha is getting ready for her next trip, which will take the program to Africa for the first time.

I am getting ready for class. = I am getting ready to have class.

I am getting ready for class. = I am getting ready to have class.

As he is getting ready, a bunch of scary ghosts are at the door!

One reason for the turnaround, says Mr. Wood, is that many executives who had put off retirement are finally getting ready to step down.

I'm getting ready to go home next week.

I have been getting ready to go abroad to America.

It wasn't until about 12, when my parents and Mary were asleep and I was getting ready to go, that the first thing that night went wrong.

I think I am getting ready for the depression of what I'm going to feel when the tour's over with.

Barbara and Allan were getting ready to go to a cocktail party.

I mean here we are getting ready for something so exciting and something were so thrilled about and yet we get so confused. Oh.

As I was getting ready to work on the design, I asked my client what the homepage needed to accomplish.

As I was getting ready to work on the design, I asked my client what the homepage needed to accomplish.

I'm madly busy getting ready to go to the United States.

Even little things, like getting ready to go out, take ages.

At first glance, nothing could be more mechanical than the humdrum business of getting ready to start a class.

It makes you relax, relieve the fatigue, getting ready for the preparation for the next class in the happy atmosphere.

By 1966, right about the time Tommy was getting ready to take his exams.

They are getting ready to receive the new students.

Shaq: "I was getting ready to windmill that thang. "

The opposition is getting ready to mount a powerful attack on the government.

As the main festival and wedding season gets underway, jewelers are getting ready with new designs and attractive offers to lure customers.

I was just getting ready to.

Meanwhile, I was getting ready to give a talk at TEDGlobal.

When the farrier is getting ready to pick up a hind foot and you are holding the horse out in the open, the horse may try to move sideways.

I spent the last three months of 1988 getting ready for the next legislative session.

A primary reason is that bats are also often listening, waiting, and getting ready to eat. . . frogs.

Try getting ready to sleep, make sure your room is as dark as possible.

With Michelle on board, with Axelrod and Gibbs getting ready, with Democrats across the country thrilled over Obama, the decision was made.

when passing the swimming-pool at my hotel, I caught sight of some Balinese dancers in ethnic costumes getting ready for their performance.

We are getting ready for some big data releases and an ECB meeting in the next couple of days.

Men spend more time getting ready to go out than women, according to research.

you wouldn't be getting ready to marry someone now.

They have no leader, chief, or ruler, but they store up their food during the summer, getting ready for winter.

They are getting ready to visit China.

Q. With Kim getting ready to retire at such an early age, do you have any advice for her?

Right now I'm laying down on a masseuse table getting ready for tomorrow's match.

Li Lei told me that he was getting ready for the exam these days.

I haven't had a chance to chill out these last few days, getting ready for school and all.

then why are you getting ready to leave!

Whether at a local gym or getting ready for a game at school, time in the locker room can be daunting for any guy.

I'm getting ready to check out.

Sally and Tim are getting ready to go to the Lantern Festival .

We are getting ready to finish it on time.

At Fort Johnson, across the harbor, Confederate gunners also were getting ready. These men would fire the first shot at Sumter.

April Fools' Day begins in only a matter of hours and enthusiasts are already getting ready with some sneaky plans.

I was busy getting ready to show my winter fashions.

'We're getting ready for possible aggression, cleaning up the bunkers, ' Choi Cheol-young, the island's administrator, said early Sunday.

But we're seeing positive signs that the market is getting ready for a sustainable move above that range.

The girl worked as a fitness trainer. In addition to loads at work, Zinaida spends extra hours in a gym, getting ready for the championship.

Jo would whistle and made a great racket getting ready.

On the fourth day, at about ten in the morning, I was getting ready to go out.

So what is in this video is a surgeon operating, and then you see on the other side, another patient is getting ready.

It's Christmas Eve. Santa and Rudolf are getting ready for Christmas. Santa puts on his red jacket and his red hat.

Olivia is getting ready to show the neighborhood how to fix flat.

Yhe workers are getting ready for the next year. only Henry does nothing.

Former Afghan war commander, retired Lieutenant General David Barno, says the Taliban are getting ready for a U. S. withdrawal.

Dialogue 1. Sally and Tim are getting ready to go to the Lantern Festival.

Growing up on a family farm meant that after chores on Saturday, it was time for baths and getting ready for Sunday.

John Lee was getting ready to play his stuff.

he was busy getting ready for the autumn and winter hunt and he had little time for such nonsense as love.

My son and I both like playing chess, and now we are busy getting ready (preparing)for tomorrow's chess match.

Will she be getting ready for the party tomorrow or not?

If I offer my help while you're getting ready, it means you're late.

She'll just catch a few winks before getting ready for the party.

The farmers are all busy, getting ready for the next year.

Bobby: We are the same then. I love to put some loud funky music on in the morning as I am getting ready for work.

One night four weeks later, we were getting ready for bed in a hotel in Providence.

My father was getting ready for bed, but he decided to go out and looked around the mine.

By now, your little guy is getting ready for the outside world by shedding most of the lanugo hair and creamy vernix.

Baby Elaine loves water, even on Sunday morning when daddy was getting ready for church, Elaine wanted to jump into the tub also!

Get yourself a mermaid Maternity Wedding Dresses or Cinderella gown if you are getting ready for a prom.

Behind drawn curtains, isolated from men, Afghan women spend hours getting ready for engagement parties and weddings.

It was dark outside as we woke up and began getting ready for church.

She likes dancing very much, but she has to start work that evening when her friends are getting ready to go to the dance.

she email me this morning with made up photos of her, who getting ready for her art show, which looks very nice , and i like it .

Lin Yong loves the feeling he gets when he is getting ready for a ride.

Tomorrow afternoon we are going to take up our training in Vinovo, getting ready for the match against Brescia on Sunday at 3 pm.

Residents of the Carolinas are getting ready for heavy rain from tropical storm Ernesto today.

My parents are painting and getting ready for your arrival.

Actually, I'm getting ready for a dinner party tomorrow night. Six people.

The people could see that they were busy getting ready the Emperor's new clothes.