... Evidently a performance had just taken place on the elevated platform beyond, for a few yokels seemed to be lingering in a desultory manner as if preparatory to going out... 
Baroness Emmuska Orczy 「The Elusive Pimpernel」
...Gregorio gave a preparatory cough and opened his lips to speak, but the words refused to be born...
Various 「Stories by English Authors: Africa」
... In 1830, I closed my business in Rochester, preparatory to leaving for Canada...
Austin Steward 「Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman」
...Nevertheless, under the racial impulseof the life-saver, he threw off hiscoat and swung his arms preparatory toa jump...
Various 「Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 2, September, 1905」
...In thisweb it entangles the hooked claws of its hind legs andhangs downward preparatory to the change to the chrysalis...
Clarence M. Weed 「Butterflies Worth Knowing」
...—Duration of Preparatory Period (in days) to Shedding in 11 Cottonmouths...
Ray D. Burkett 「Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia)」
...The colt may be weaned when five to seven months old;and preparatory to this, while with the mare, may be taughtto feed on fine hay, meal, or oats...
Richard L. Allen 「Domestic Animals」
...Astley's method was to give each horse his preparatory lessons alone,and when there was no noise or anything to divert his attention from hisinstructor...
Dinks, Mayhew, and Hutchinson 「The Dog」
...Suddenly, in the last geological epoch, man, the descendant of a groupwhich like all others had led the narrow life of the preparatory ages,appears upon the scene...
Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 「Domesticated Animals」
..."About noon she had probably completed the cell, upon which shehad been engaged, as, during the afternoon, she was occupied in bringingpollen, preparatory to laying her single egg in the cell...
Alpheus Spring Packard 「Our Common Insects」
...'Lor', look at the parson!' exclaimed a third, as Blossomnose was seengathering his horse and setting up his shoulders preparatory to riding at agate...
R. S. Surtees 「Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour」
...While it is not necessary to putexpressive work into this preparatory work, the utmost care shouldbe taken to ensure its accuracy as far as it goes...
Harold Speed 「The Practice and Science Of Drawing」
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