Example sentences of "made [adv] for [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Solange Auxias de Turenne had the idea of staging an open air exhibition of Moore 's sculptures in Paris after visiting a garden made especially for his large-scale bronzes at the Fondation Pierre Gianadda in 1989 ; the suggestion by the City of Paris to use the Gardens of Bagatelle was approved by the Director of the Henry Moore Foundation , Sir Alan Bowness . |
| 2 | We were watching the tufted ducks which made up for their late appearance this season by arriving in more than usual strength . |
| 3 | When he smiled , the warmth in his eyes , so stunning for being so unexpected , made up for his cranky disposition , his overwhelming pomposity . |
| 4 | Jose-Maria Olazabal finished on a better note with a 70 and was five under par for the last three rounds , which partially made up for his first round of 76 . |
| 5 | He let go her hands , and made up for his earlier error by making a fuss of the dog , who was sitting on his own blanket , adding laughingly , ‘ Even Hector is obliged to take notice of it , I see . ’ |
| 6 | Le Tissier made up for his earlier error after 72 minutes when he crashed home a 30-yard a left-foot volley but his team could find no way back . |
| 7 | She felt like a government health warning , but the sheer pleasure of having won her first big race made up for it all . |
| 8 | Harvey missed the conversion but made up for it ten minutes later with an angled penalty . |
| 9 | Such remarks made up for our embarrassing waits . |
| 10 | She made straight for her favourite upstairs room , the kitchen . |