"We've been preparing for them for five thousand years," he said.

"Do you think a war for which Germany has been preparing for twenty years will be over in a few weeks?"

He has been preparing for operation here for nine years.

By 2001 he'd been preparing for thirty years and when his chance came, he grabbed it.

She prepared for two years to meet the extreme conditions.

However, in April 2004, after preparing for more than three years, the family finally decided to sell the park.

They had been preparing for this moment, together, for over two years.

We have been preparing for many years to deal with the influx of money.

To a place that has been prepared for them for many years.

"This may be the only time he ever gets to exercise those excellent skills that he's been preparing for 10 years."