Example sentences of "[adv] for lost [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Discounting the John Major ‘ feelgood factor ’ he also expects to make up for lost sleep . |
2 | Then they escorted us to our rooms , where we gratefully made up for lost sleep . |
3 | The Imperial 's chef , at last let loose in his own kitchen , was making up for lost honour . |
4 | Those councils which wanted to could make up for lost grant by increasing rate levels , and many did so , so that overall levels of spending did not fall significantly . |
5 | Every Londoner seemed to be out of doors : the stall-holders were busy making up for lost trade and the air was thick with savoury smells from taverns and cookshops . |
6 | After a century or so of political apathy , Hong Kong 's young people were making up for lost time . |
7 | Palin may not have travelled much as a young man , but he has now made up for lost time . |
8 | And when the third and surviving princess emerges from her orange , Lesley Garrett immediately makes up for lost time , singing ravishingly . |
9 | Certainly , it will need to work hard to make up for lost time ; the party has neglected the cause of democratic socialism in the North for far too long and it has allowed would-be Labour activists to become demoralised . |
10 | Glaswegian clubbers were a bit slow at first to take advantage of the late opening hours , says Stuart , but are now making up for lost time . |
11 | Nonetheless , we immediately started our other meetings to make up for lost time . |
12 | Dunne , Chapman 's last attempt to find a successor to Lambert , proved to be past his best , but Drake more than made up for lost time , scoring 42 League goals in 1934–5 , a club record for a single season . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | Had she been seduced into conformity by the excellence of the natural history programmes and then , like other late converts he had known , sat captive to virtually every offering as if making up for lost time ? |
15 | The 24-year-old was hoping to be a regular England choice , but instead finds himself making up for lost time . |
16 | ALLY McCOIST last night declared himself fit for tomorrow 's European Cup match against CSKA Moscow — and vowed to make up for lost time . |
17 | ‘ When Chelsea signed me Ian Porterfield told me that if I got in the side he would n't drop me so I want to make up for lost time . ’ |
18 | Gimenez , who went the distance before losing to a 36-year-old Roberto Duran in 1987 is relishing his chance to make up for lost time . |
19 | He was eager to make up for lost time and published prolifically . |
20 | The nun realised that now the child had no one to protect her , some of the other children were making up for lost time . |
21 | The Princess of Wales may not have been quick to learn at school — possibly because her lessons did not interest her much — but she has certainly made up for lost time since her marriage . |
22 | CANADA 'S 13 Engines , with their considered blend of ominous guitar and vocals and a sometimes lumbering , limbering beat , should have little trouble making up for lost time with this overdue European release of their excellent debut LP . |
23 | We , all of us had er a bed-sitting room of our own which we kept on between cases cos we had to have somewhere to live and erm and then of course we , we 'd come back there and make up for lost time really . |
24 | Then he said in a calmer voice , ‘ Well , perhaps I 'm just trying to make up for lost time . ’ |
25 | Nothing like making up for lost time , she thought to herself with relish . |
26 | She took the flower-filled trug from Dr Neil , admired the blooms , adding briskly , ‘ Come along , McAllister ; you might as well make up for lost time , ’ and all three of them walked into the parlour , Matey and McAllister of necessity , since it was their only indoor access to the kitchen . |
27 | Germany 's Seizinger , narrow leader in the battle for the World Cup overall title , fell on the second leg of a giant slalom in Are , Sweden as she tried desperately to make up for lost time . |
28 | He set off again almost as soon as he had returned to Hobart to make up for lost time on an overland expedition to Launceston and George Town , 60 miles from Hobart on the North Coast of the island . |
29 | CANADA 'S 13 Engines , with their considered blend of ominous guitar and vocals and a sometimes lumbering , limbering beat , should have little trouble making up for lost time with this overdue European release of their excellent debut LP . |
30 | Her tone expressed the warmth that flowed through her heart as she added , looking into his eyes with a smile , ‘ And so that Silvia and I can start making up for lost time . ’ |