Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for her [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jomeo is endearingly accident-prone and forever unsuccessful with females ; Gigi , by contrast , is wildly popular with the opposite sex and has made up for her childlessness by becoming a universal aunt to other females ' babies . |
| 2 | Ordinarily she would have relished the variety which the creators of Moloch had offered up for her pleasure without a qualm or a second thought , but this time something was getting to her , making her nervous . |
| 3 | Perhaps now she could make up for her crime against society . |
| 4 | She reached down for her handbag on the floor . |
| 5 | Janine came into the kitchen dressed up for her trip to the hairdresser 's . |
| 6 | In earlier times , the family had often held the key to power and women had more opportunity to influence affairs : thus , in feudal times , the Lady of the Manor supervised a large household , exercised great practical authority over both men and women , and stood in for her husband in his frequent absences from home . |
| 7 | The 35-year-old gave birth to his son a year ago and stood up for her husband during his trial . |
| 8 | All the judges can do is award a greater proportion of non pension assets to the wife to make up for her lack of long term security and if these other assets are small , the husband is still the winner . |
| 9 | This must help to make up for her disappointment in the Cowal Championships when , due to an error in the markings , she missed out on a fourth place medal . |