Example sentences of "[pers pn] make [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made straight for the curtains , and he went by me without noticing . |
| 2 | ‘ And if you 're feeling tired , what about a dose or two of that tonic you make up for the patients ? ’ |
| 3 | Mrs Chalk was nowhere to be found , so she made straight for the medicine cupboard in the spacious Georgian-style kitchen with its enormous , old-fashioned white-painted cupboards and scrubbed-elm table , and located the painkillers , swallowing the dosage with water before setting about making the tea . |
| 4 | She made up for the difficulty by striking their fingers with a ruler when they erred , especially when learning the piano . |
| 5 | Turning from him , she made quickly for the door . |
| 6 | He soon calmed down , then went across and fussed over her to make up for the rumpus , though it had n't bothered her in the slightest . |
| 7 | When he came back from Livorno in the late summer of 1913 he made straight for the Café Rotonde , to be greeted rapturously by artists and models on the terrace . |
| 8 | He made straight for the big warhorse , mounted , said something to Will , and started along the street . |
| 9 | He makes up for the boredom and emptiness of his own life by creating a dramatic emotional triangle for these puppets of his imagination , only to realise finally that his puppets are dancing to quite another tune . |