Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [pron] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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1 | So I put a half-crown in for him later . |
2 | Preoccupied with clinging to the remnants of their well-being , there is no time or energy left over for anything grander . |
3 | Yet it may be bad for other firms , even sound ones , since lenders will become increasingly wary , and may charge higher interest rates overall to make up for their higher risks . |
4 | Comfort 's anguished determination to make up for her earlier coldness made her far more interfering than Annunziata , whose calm gentleness provided the only moments of real respite for Julia . |
5 | People would say he was harmless , but I did n't like the idea of my remarks and behaviour being stored up for him later to gossip about or pass judgment on . |
6 | The producer did finally arrive about half an hour into the party , and he scurried around meeting everyone , making up for his earlier absence . |
7 | He let go her hands , and made up for his earlier error by making a fuss of the dog , who was sitting on his own blanket , adding laughingly , ‘ Even Hector is obliged to take notice of it , I see . ’ |
8 | 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 . |
9 | ‘ I 'll come back for him later . ’ |
10 | She would have liked to pay him back for his earlier tone by pretending a permanent disability . |