Example sentences of "[adv] make for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too heavy And then there 's Vera and Jack Duckworth their barmy battles always make for a Punch and Judy-styled double act . |
| 2 | A call was also made for a terrorist offensive . |
| 3 | All the structural realities of the situation there made for an impasse . |
| 4 | He reckoned that he would by then have far outflanked any cordon thrown up by his enemies , and could safely make for a phone . |
| 5 | Payment was never made for a vessel taken from its owner for royal service ; nor was compensation for loss of a ship , or even damage to its equipment , normally given . |