Two complete place settings are kept at the ready on either side of the room for such contingencies.

I stayed to one side ready to cut loose if anything was wrong at all.

Then she came out again and got into the car on the driver's side, ready for her three hours at the wheel.

I was lined up as the outside man on the right side, ready to block for the field goal.

Two guards were standing on the other side, armed and ready to kill anyone who so much as approached in the next half-hour.

By the time the stage was set up, they had the tent spread out on the other side, ready to erect.

The three stood by the side, ready to jump.

He went through, rolling swiftly to the side, the machine gun in his hands, ready for anything.

The Russian was under the porch and moving to the side of the cabin, obviously ready to rush the back door.

Forest came out full of life and energy after the break, looking like a side ready to cut into the deficit.