Example sentences of "making [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But you are making up for that today , ’ said Dr Neil gravely , his mouth twitching , particularly when she looked at him , a question on her pretty face , her mouth being too full for further speech . |
| 2 | After a century or so of political apathy , Hong Kong 's young people were making up for lost time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | The 24-year-old was hoping to be a regular England choice , but instead finds himself making up for lost time . |
| 6 | The nun realised that now the child had no one to protect her , some of the other children were making up for lost time . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The Imperial 's chef , at last let loose in his own kitchen , was making up for lost honour . |
| 9 | Nothing like making up for lost time , she thought to herself with relish . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | Meanwhile Keith and Mae are settling down to married life , making up for lost time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He 's a fifteen month-old making up for lost time . |
| 15 | On the question of job satisfaction making up for low pay relative to other sectors , Serota said he had not found highly paid individuals in the City were markedly unsatisfied in their work . |
| 16 | Certainly the Devon , in the late eighteenth century , was described by William Marshall ( 1796 ) as being ‘ in size somewhat below the desirable point for the heavier works of husbandry ’ , making up for this deficiency with its agility and exertion so that it was regarded as the best worker in Britain . |
| 17 | Opinion surveys suggested , however , that a majority of US citizens felt that reverse discrimination , even on the basis of making up for past wrongs , was unfair , and was a concept associated with the Democrats rather than the Republicans . |
| 18 | Group turnover was once again almost unchanged at £307 million , thanks to the inclusion of £10 million from the £18 million acquisition of Royal Tufton last May , and operational profits actually rose 3 per cent to £27.1 million , with packaging and specialist materials in the UK and Europe performing best , and making up for weaker profits from North America and from plastics . |
| 19 | Making up for last , I reckon . |
| 20 | Worse still , the new skiers — beginners — who should have been making up for those who stop because old age or the arrival of infants stops ski holidays — were simply not attracted to a sport when everyone was complaining about bad conditions . |