Example sentences of "[noun] to make for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have a bid to make for additional assistance , and I suggest that there are three means by which we could help people without work more than has been possible in the past . |
| 2 | When he set out today it had been his intention to make for the hills bordering the Golden Valley , but when he got through Blakemere the sweat was dripping from his chin and the sight of a stream tinkling its way not three yards from the road automatically brought his legs off the pedals . |
| 3 | Joseph had a simple clearance to make for Palace 's first goal and Segers should have held the cross that led to the second — I could have caught it myself . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't worry about that , ’ he said dismissively , and focused his attention on the traffic of Haverfordwest as he skirted the town to make for the road to Carmarthen . |
| 5 | After Sare , if you are still collecting Basque villages , the place to make for is Ainhoa , to the east , along a particularly agreeable wooded road . |
| 6 | The CLR has no apologies to make for backing candidates in those elections . |
| 7 | And if Gemma had chosen , at the end of the day , to bestow her well-dowered hand upon a penniless stranger then Amabel had no apologies to make for it , since the Queen had done the very same ; her German Albert , although a prince and full of education and charm , not having two farthings to call his own . |
| 8 | The stinging of the tree by an insect causes the tree to make for it a house of green light , a balloon of anti-matter , a jewel to adorn the nakedness of the bough . |
| 9 | Their assistance and local knowledge were essential for Ness harbour is no haven to make for on a dark night when seas run high . |
| 10 | Friends like to be given something you 've taken time and trouble to make for them . ’ |
| 11 | No one had any comment to make for the excellent reason that everyone had already been convinced of the fact . |
| 12 | It is a difficult choice to make for what is the more admirable about Essex — their financial or cricketing performance . |
| 13 | We have stopped that and now they are making their own , most of them are making their own fashionable garments out of the loose material we sell and er , some ask the friends to make for them . |
| 14 | She beat down a gush of self-pity , knuckling away tears as she slid gingerly from the bed to make for the bathroom again . |
| 15 | There was no shelter to make for , anywhere on the long , wide ridge , and the heather and the little bushes would tangle his feet and trip him as soon as he strayed from the straight path . |
| 16 | The city was his home , and the Ruger , and the Khan Murjan restaurant , they were as much of a home as he was now at liberty to make for himself . |
| 17 | 11am The Government Commissioners came on board to ask every person if they had any complaints to make for the treatment during the voyage . |
| 18 | Even when only historic costs are being recognized there are still subjective judgements which have to be made to produce balance sheets and income statements : how much depreciation to charge ; how to calculate the closing stock figure ; what provision to make for doubtful debts , etc . |
| 19 | Only , of course , there were the plans to make for her grocery stall , people to see , the same plans as last year , and year upon year before that , the same people , the same questions , the anticipated replies for help . |
| 20 | There are plans to make for tomorrow , but for now I want a dreamless sleep . |