Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [verb] up for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But he more than made up for that night by setting up both Arsenal 's goals with a performance of poise and maturity . |
| 3 | As lovers they were not exactly vibrant , but their voices and Lehar 's music more than made up for that . |
| 4 | Unfortunately for them Palace injuries prevented the other two players from making any more than token contributions to our promotion hopes of the late 1920s and early 1930s , but Tom Crilly , a full-back by profession , more than made up for those disappointments . |
| 5 | She published it entirely by herself so it is a bit makeshift but the advice more than makes up for that . |
| 6 | This approach may lack an academic master work expounding and defending it , but it more than makes up for this with populist political appeal . |
| 7 | But Sunday 's win should erase those ghosts , as well as make up for last year 's defeat to France in the final in Lyon . |