Example sentences of "[was/were] making up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a century or so of political apathy , Hong Kong 's young people were making up for lost time . |
| 2 | I think that year we were making up for the limitations of the one before . |
| 3 | The nun realised that now the child had no one to protect her , some of the other children were making up for lost time . |
| 4 | The road behind the tall wall was still quiet , but the birds were making up for it , their incessant repeated sounds rising to sudden random crescendos as they all chirped fiercely together . |
| 5 | It was as though he were making up for inadequacies of which he was aware but which he tried to pretend were not there . |
| 6 | He 'd get very wild those times , like he was making up for something . |
| 7 | The Imperial 's chef , at last let loose in his own kitchen , was making up for lost honour . |
| 8 | Gwendolen had had a distressing day and was making up for it with several glasses of this delightfully spicy lemonade . |