Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] up for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When Chelsea signed me Ian Porterfield told me that if I got in the side he would n't drop me so I want to make up for lost time . ’ |
| 2 | We can therefore use the execute to make up for some of the deficiencies of a computer 's instruction set ; examples might be the coding of jump tables where the Computer does not have indexed jump instructions , or operations on dynamically variable-length data where the operand length is coded in the instruction format ; the latter is illustrated in Figure 3.18 . |
| 3 | Try to stretch up for 15 counts this time . |
| 4 | We , as professionals , need to stand up for that in which we believe . |
| 5 | Adrian Littlejohn had given United side a 61st minute lead to make up for two earlier misses from Brian Deane as the home side took a grip on the game . |