Sentence examples for was preparing to break from inspiring English sources

It, like the first wave, was preparing to break a few yards in front of me.

At that time, Furman was preparing to break the record for speed squatting.

Three days later, aware that the new government was preparing to break with Germany, the Soviet Union declared war on Bulgaria and entered the country unopposed.

The Coalition had been under political pressure in the key manufacturing state over accusations it was preparing to break an election promise to build the submarines domestically.

Hayworth then scouted the Negro leagues for Dodgers prospects as the team owner, Branch Rickey, was preparing to break the color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson.

Steve Fossett, the millionaire businessman and adventurer perhaps best known for circumnavigating the world nonstop in a hot air balloon, was preparing to break the absolute land speed record -- 763 miles per hour -- when he died.

Dr. Dean has left little doubt that he was prepared to break the limits.

Eagle stated publicly on Monday for the first time that she was prepared to break the impasse at the top of Labour by directly challenging Corbyn.

They thought the "golden hello" portion was too large and were appalled that BG was prepared to break a supposedly binding three-year pay policy that shareholders had approved only six months earlier.

When asked by the BBC why he was prepared to break Olympic rules and UK law in offering his country's Olympic tickets on the black market, Mr Gerashchenko claimed he had "never planned to sell tickets in the UK" and had been making "diplomatic talk to satisfy the persistent interest of the ticket dealer".

Masked gunmen attacked an Egyptian Army checkpoint around sundown on Sunday, as the soldiers were preparing to break their Ramadan fast.