Preposition: for

• dispatch: We do not debit your card until your order is ready for dispatch.

• dispatch: All items listed on the site are in stock and ready for dispatch from within the UK.

• occupation: Tree house building is making good progress with two more ready for occupation.

• harvesting: In approximately 75 years, these trees will be ready for harvesting.

• shipment: Your account will not be charged until all repairs are complete and the unit is ready for return shipment.

Infinitive complement

• go: The top plate ready to go onto the top of the tank.

• start: Kyle having made ready to start work, signaled to his fellow worker to switch on the electric power.

• respond: True 24-hour response coupled with experienced personnel and the most modern and reliable fleet makes BHL ready to respond to any requirement.

• move: The house is offered as ready to move into and could be your holiday home or rental for the 2006 holiday season.

• begin: The Commission is now ready to begin the Study in earnest.

• eat: Once cold, cover and store in the fridge until ready to eat.

Modifies a noun

• reckoner: Potential users can check the impact of the scheme by logging on to the ready reckoner on our website.

• meal: The Real Meat Company stipulates breeds, hanging times, cooling regimes and ingredients for sausages and ready meals.

• wit: She had a cool, logical mind, and a quick, ready wit.

• availability: Wars, fuelled by the ready availability of arms, can create massive population displacement.

• canola: Representatives of Monsanto Canada received reports from nearby farmers in 1998 that they believed Schmeiser was using Roundup Ready canola without an agreement.

Used with adjective complement

• get: Now get ready to record them on to a cassette.

• stand: Candles from 14mm up to 60mm stood ready to be attached to fanned racks.

• feel: The university said they would let me back whenever I felt ready.