Example sentences of "[noun] made [adv prt] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately the driver made up for this heresy by roundly cursing the French , whom he disliked for the same reason that most Englishmen do — the way they clutter up the place , never get out of the way and ca n't speak English . |
| 2 | SKIPPER Allan Border hit his highest first-class score of the tour as Australia made up for lost time on a rain-hit day against Warwickshire at Edgbaston . |
| 3 | This win made up for last year 's defeat by Rob Orme when things just did n't go right for Dunlop . |
| 4 | The women made up for this restraint . |
| 5 | Switzerland made up for 500 years of neutrality by setting about the Canadian team , who were unsportingly thrashing them . |