Example sentences of "[noun] made up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately the driver made up for this heresy by roundly cursing the French , whom he disliked for the same reason that most Englishmen do — the way they clutter up the place , never get out of the way and ca n't speak English . |
| 2 | TRAINER John Gosden made up for Brier Creek 's narrow Ebor defeat when Badawi took the Andy Capp Handicap at York yesterday , writes Carles Fawcus . |
| 3 | It was an unsatisfactory relationship , but their meetings made up for infrequency by their intensity . |
| 4 | Le Tissier made up for his earlier error after 72 minutes when he crashed home a 30-yard a left-foot volley but his team could find no way back . |
| 5 | And being married to David made up for a great many afternoon teas and Women 's Institute meetings . |
| 6 | Mario got the preferred equipment and Ronnie made up for it in sheer aggression . |
| 7 | Responsible for giving trainer Grant Eden a broken heel after throwing him off on the gallops , Artistic Reef made up for it with a game neck victory over favourite Palacegate Episode . |
| 8 | Jeff made up for his neglect by taking Ronni out for both lunch and dinner next day . |
| 9 | He entered Lancashire Independent College , Manchester , in 1844 to study for the ministry , and hard work made up for ‘ the lack of university training and degree , not then so accessible ’ . |
| 10 | Bordon came out for the second half in determined mood and soon Wilson made up for a number of misses by flicking in the third goal . |
| 11 | Welcome to Ireland , and their comfortable , confusing , delightful brand of hospitality — And did they always keep this room made up for guests ? |
| 12 | Still , seven minutes later Magilton made up for his miss . |
| 13 | Plymouth looked to be cruising to victory when striker Dwight Marshall made up for an early miss with two goals in three minutes in the first half of this tie . |
| 14 | It was a bitterly cold evening but the warmth of the greetings she received on the streets over the next few days made up for it . |
| 15 | Fred made up for his lack of inches by waging psychological warfare in the form of a relentless monologue . |
| 16 | She felt like a government health warning , but the sheer pleasure of having won her first big race made up for it all . |
| 17 | But Hackney made up for those heart-stopping moments with 100 per cent willingness to try anything and his 200 per cent determination for the team cause . |
| 18 | Whale meat made up for the lack of other sources of protein in the Japanese diet . |
| 19 | But Pietro made up for all that and for everything else , or so I thought . |
| 20 | The driver and conductor made up for them by shouting and singing , and the little bus itself was extremely noisy as it rattled along the bumpy streets . |
| 21 | SKIPPER Allan Border hit his highest first-class score of the tour as Australia made up for lost time on a rain-hit day against Warwickshire at Edgbaston . |
| 22 | The Daily Mirror conceded that the story was ‘ still corny , predictable and thin to the point of malnutrition ’ but believed that the lavish settings , its song-and-dance routines and the cast made up for this and added that Crawford ‘ brings a superb youthful energy to the role of the gawky , naive young clerk ’ . |
| 23 | On both occasions the Soviet Union made up for the extreme weakness of its client but , by providing the personnel to operate missile sites , it was consciously limiting the ways in which these missiles could be used against Israel . |
| 24 | We saw no razorbills , which was a surprise , and the few little auks we saw were all out on the water , but the puffins made up for the loss . |
| 25 | ‘ I mean , a double bed made up for one . |
| 26 | This win made up for last year 's defeat by Rob Orme when things just did n't go right for Dunlop . |
| 27 | Black will take it swinging it in flicked on by Rozario and the goalkeeper made up for er what might have been an error a moment or two ago by coming bravely in with Pearce right in front of him and Rozario I mean on the flick . |
| 28 | But the results made up for her ordeal |
| 29 | I backed away in alarm and refused to touch it , so Sean made up for my abstinence . |
| 30 | As a cook with only spasmodic enthusiasm , I always consider these my reward for the work involved , but the hallowed compliments made up for it . |