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Example sentences for "preparations were"

  • Following the occupation of Matamoras, preparations were made, by order of the government, for an advance into the interior of Mexico.

  • In the spring of 1635, the general court of Massachusetts bay assented to the plan of emigration to Connecticut, and, accordingly, preparations were made in several places.

  • At length, the anticipated forces having arrived, preparations were made to advance.

  • This state of things put the government on the alert; preparations were made to have in readiness for the public service an additional regiment from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

  • Information of this movement had been received in the colonies, and, before the company's vessels arrived, preparations were made in the chief cities to prevent the landing of the cargoes.

  • Preparations were made to beleaguer the city at once.

  • The Madras government was warned of its danger by Mohammed Ali, the Nabob of the Carnatic; but his voice was disregarded, and no preparations were made to ward off the blow.

  • The terms they demanded were submitted to the king in council, and were instantly rejected; and all hopes of accommodation being thus at an end, preparations were made to enforce obedience to the laws.

  • Preparations were at once made upon the arrival of the new commander for an advance on Corinth.

  • Preparations were at once made to relieve General Humphreys's corps, to report to General Sheridan; but the condition of the roads prevented immediate movement.

  • Preparations were at once commenced for laying the pontoon bridges and crossing the river.

  • It having been accidentally discovered that the ammunition of the Americans was nearly expended, preparations were made to carry the works at the point of the bayonet.

  • Preparations were made, also, to augment the naval force on the lakes.

  • Preparations were made in all haste to embark the sick and the military stores.

  • Preparations were at once made to extend the position by the capture of Yenikoi, an important village on the main Seres road.

  • And so, in the autumn of 1915, preparations were begun on a huge scale for delivering a terrible blow in the West and dealing France the coup de grĂ¢ce.

  • On the 20th, they were summoned to surrender; and the officer in command having refused to do so, preparations were made to storm them on the morning of the 21st.

  • Preparations were at once made for war, but before the troops could arrive upon the scene a crisis occurred.

  • When Boabdil el Chico had solemnly agreed to this arrangement in the castle of Porcuna, preparations were made to receive him in Cordova in regal style.

  • Preparations were made to celebrate their deliverance as a Christian triumph.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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