Sentence examples for preparing to empty from inspiring English sources

As he says this, the men are busy preparing to empty the net.

And now comes a six-week period of administrative limbo - another new experience for Nigeria - as the old regime prepares to empty its desks, and a new team is formed.

Mr. Whittingdale, a Conservative member of Parliament, also declared that he was fully prepared to "empty-chair" the Murdochs by holding their portion of the hearing without them, using two chairs as stand-ins.

You see, we're frantically preparing to be empty nesters.

Mr. Zardari, who flew to Chicago with hopes of lifting his stature with a meeting with Mr. Obama, was preparing to leave empty-handed as the two countries continued to feel the repercussions of a fatal American airstrike last November, for which Mr. Obama has offered condolences but no apology.

A savage-looking guy picks Wuornos up, torments her, and is preparing to kill her when she empties a revolver into his chest.

Together with his wife and five-year-old daughter, Abdullah brought sticky rice, fetched plastic sheets and empty water bottles, preparing to trek in monsoon rain for days on a 20-km (12-mile) route through the mountains to the border.

Van Dyke shot McDonald 16 times, emptying his gun and preparing to reload, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

My spouse and I are beginning the process of empty-nester downsizing -- preparing to sell our house in the Boston suburbs and move to a smaller townhouse in a more urban neighborhood.

He and his wife are empty nesters who had been preparing to downsize and build a villa in Isleworth.

Bhoyrul is said to be 'fed up' with the negative publicity the scandal has generated and is prepared to go empty-handed.