Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [vb pp] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dry off gladioli corms in trays , then remove very small cormlets that have developed around the base — these will eventually flower , but only when grown on for several years . |
| 2 | The smaller number of A and C allowances was more than made up for by the greater number of B and D allowances . |
| 3 | In August Chapman signed his former half-back George Hampson from Northampton , and although his previous visit to Northampton had failed to secure Walden — he went to Tottenham in April for £1,750 — the developing form of Bainbridge at outside-right more than made up for the disappointment . |
| 4 | Dunne , Chapman 's last attempt to find a successor to Lambert , proved to be past his best , but Drake more than made up for lost time , scoring 42 League goals in 1934–5 , a club record for a single season . |
| 5 | Unfortunately for them Palace injuries prevented the other two players from making any more than token contributions to our promotion hopes of the late 1920s and early 1930s , but Tom Crilly , a full-back by profession , more than made up for those disappointments . |
| 6 | Objectively , Karen was prepared to go almost as far as her predecessor , and her eager greed more than made up for the thrill I used to get from subjecting dogged , cow-like Manuela to the same routines . |
| 7 | He lacked fire or animation but his wife more than made up for his apathy and weakness . |
| 8 | But , in spite of the Royal Navy , Jones , after a voyage to be described later , sailed safely back to France , where his reception more than made up for the much cooler one he had received after his ‘ Whitehaven ’ cruise 18 months before . |
| 9 | But he more than made up for that night by setting up both Arsenal 's goals with a performance of poise and maturity . |
| 10 | If Winterbottom had not played much hard rugby with Headingley , then he more than made up for it in those few short months . |
| 11 | The guards were ill-trained and fearful , with little combat experience , while what the rebels lacked in training and tactics was more than made up for in sheer ferocity and homicidal bloodlust . |
| 12 | The unpredictability of the man was more than made up for by the heady feeling of surrendering to life at its sweetest and most bright . |
| 13 | As lovers they were not exactly vibrant , but their voices and Lehar 's music more than made up for that . |
| 14 | Some spoilsports did n't turn up with a teddy , but others more than made up for them . |
| 15 | Motoring costs went down by 1.3 per cent , thanks to a further fall in the average cost of second-hand cars and an average drop of 7p a gallon in petrol prices which , together , more than made up for a rise in car insurance premiums . |
| 16 | But these murders were crafted in the human soul and decided upon by the human mind even if carried out for malicious , devilish purposes . |