Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] up for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the the people I met made up for that . |
| 2 | In sharing the Reds ' upset win in that national trial he proved a bit of success as a distributor and made two scorching breaks which hinted at a swashbuckling touch to his nature : ‘ I was very keen to make a good impression in the trial because it took place a week after my ‘ B ’ debut against Ireland and I wanted to make up for two particular errors in that game . |
| 3 | She 'd saved up for many months . |
| 4 | She had saved up for such a long time and did n't want to carry a load of coins around . |
| 5 | Serving great forces was not what she had signed up for this trip , but somehow it felt right . |
| 6 | The first person she had opened up for that morning had been the postman at five past eight . |
| 7 | The English girls , as I recall , were still faithfully standing by the camera we had set up for long shots , having been asked to press the button at appropriate moments when we were not in frame . |
| 8 | He 'd sat up for most of the night brooding about it , wondering what her reaction to him would be , finally deciding that he could n't wait until the evening to find out . |
| 9 | Of course , since his release , he had made up for lost time , becoming quite a wheel in the charity game , but those two years had stayed with him . |
| 10 | Lincoln , in turn , came across the mystery in de Sede 's book Le Tresor Maudit ( The Cursed Treasure ) , which he had picked up for some light holiday reading . |