Example sentences of "[verb] to make [adv prt] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before Christmas many of the shops had to open on Sundays for the first time just to try to make up for the terrible year . |
| 2 | Fellow midfielder Lawrie Sanchez , whose goal beat Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup final , added : ‘ Every time we play them , they want to beat us to try to make up for the 1988 defeat . |
| 3 | Striving to make up for the considerable loss of all-rounder Jonathan Barnes , who is now a County League professional , Darlington RA have signed Australian Troy Dixon as their professional . |
| 4 | Although , in terms of volume or profitability , such discoveries can not hope to make up for the fading glory of the state 's North Slope field , daily Alaskan production might fall by only a few hundred thousand barrels over the next decade , rather than dwindling away , as some had suggested . |
| 5 | The Britons are trying to keep ahead of Norwegian lawyer Erling Kagge , who hopes to make up for a late start in bad weather . |
| 6 | Some of the RPF 's leaders were uneasy about risking the new movement 's reputation by contesting these elections , but de Gaulle , perhaps trying to make up for the lost opportunities of 1945 and 1946 , was adamant that the Rassemblement should make an all-out effort to capture as much popular support as possible . |
| 7 | Seven acres of land has been rented to make up for the lost space . |
| 8 | Seven acres of land has been rented to make up for the lost space . |