Sentence examples for preparatory to from inspiring English sources

I was talking to the sentries preparatory to changing the guard.

Central tore down several years ago, preparatory to moving its tracks off West Street.

And there was no point in delivering a novel preparatory to something else.

He was educated at Uppingham and King's College, London, preparatory to entering the diplomatic service.

He felt the dog calmly push up against his chest, preparatory to bucking him off.

This was not just to find the play's bones, preparatory to rearranging them.

It is probably preparatory to offering women other drugs to keep us "happy".

Virtue should be cultivated through proper upbringing, preparatory to "studies" in the strict sense.

Both symposia and gymnasia in different ways mirrored or were preparatory to warfare (see below).

The writer is leafing through a Gazetteer of Scotland preparatory to a trip to that country.

This flight was the first of three preparatory to the Moon landing of Apollo 11.