We'd learned to make preparations.
He asked Castro to make preparations in the kitchen.
We felt it our duty to make preparations to use force in order to defend ourselves against force.
"Germany is ready to open chapter 17 this year, and to make preparations for [chapters] 23 and 24.
White House @PressSec: @POTUS has directed team to make preparations to accept 10K #refugees from #Syria in FY16.
We have seen it coming for months (or should have done), and could have begun to make preparations.
Colonel Osborne's soldiers alone lost nine comrades, just as the battalion was beginning to make preparations to return home later this month.
My friend Claudia spoke for many of us who tried to make preparations and then felt the urgency drain away as the latest catastrophe faded.
The team, including security, had boarded the ship in Hawaii around April 28 to make preparations for the president's speech -- some 75 to 100 people strong.
Meanwhile, the country's two biggest parties, the PPP and the PML-N, continue to make preparations for what is set to be a tightly fought campaign.
As the writer's mother tries to make preparations, she finds that all the servants either refuse orders, or cleverly sabotage her plans.
