But he was not at all prepared for what happened next.

Once again, Steve was not prepared for what happened next.

It's just that he wasn't prepared for what happened next.

"You'd think they'd be prepared for this after what happened last year."

But they could not have been prepared for what happened this afternoon.

So Julie was not prepared for what happened when she left home to get married.

Neither of them was really prepared for what happened next.

Above all, he had to study, to learn, to be prepared for whatever happened next.

He was not, however, wholly prepared for what happened next.

Nobody could have been prepared for what happened next - again.