Sentence examples for were not preparing from inspiring English sources

Governors also stepped in, worried that schools were not preparing the work force their states need.

But they were not preparing specifically for cholera, which last appeared in Haiti 50 years ago.

The girls were not preparing for a wedding, but for graduation ceremonies at their public high schools.

Chancellor Gerhard Schröder of Germany told a group of Russian editors this week that Western nations were not preparing to take a markedly tougher line toward Moscow.

Today, Pittam recalls that local people were clearly preparing for a riot – teenage boys could be seen making petrol bombs – but they were not preparing for a gun battle.

Yet as of last night, senior figures at the club were confident that Abramovich and his close aide and club director Eugene Tenenbaum were not preparing to make the same kind of swift decisions that brought to an end the employment of Jose Mourinho and Luiz Felipe Scolari.

That they were not prepared?

They were not prepared for the unexpected.

We were not prepared for that".

Before, Venezuelans were not prepared for this".

But as parents we were not prepared".