Example sentences of "[noun] made up for [adj] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | But Pietro made up for all that and for everything else , or so I thought . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | This win made up for last year 's defeat by Rob Orme when things just did n't go right for Dunlop . |
| 7 | The women made up for this restraint . |
| 8 | Switzerland made up for 500 years of neutrality by setting about the Canadian team , who were unsportingly thrashing them . |
| 9 | United were within thirty minutes of possible relegation … then Joey Beachamp made up for all his earlier misses . |