Example sentences of "but [vb past] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had no abilities , but made up for this drawback with sharp elbows . |
| 2 | Gloucester had missed four penalties … but made up for things with an opening try … as full-back Martin Roberts picked up a tap penalty and bulldozed his way through to score … |
| 3 | Harvey missed the conversion but made up for it ten minutes later with an angled penalty . |
| 4 | The items in this inventory were modelled on the list of symptoms used by psychiatrists to diagnose the borderline condition of ‘ schizotypal personality disorder ’ referred to earlier , but toned down for use with non-clinical populations . |
| 5 | He failed to find a seat at the next general election , but came in for the family borough a few weeks later , and acted as teller against his patron 's impeachment . |
| 6 | She ran down the steps but turned back for a moment to say , ‘ Uncle Fred 's injured but he 'll be all right . |
| 7 | Looking back to the latter half of our time in Scotland , I seem to have been engaged in a variety of activities : was twice part of a consortium to bid ( unsuccessfully ) for the franchise for Scottish Television ; was appointed chairman of the board of Edinburgh 's Royal Lyceum Theatre Company , a post I held for seven years ; was persuaded to stand as a candidate for Lord Rector of Edinburgh University and ( mercifully ) was defeated by its former Roman Catholic chaplain ; gave poetry recitals with Moira at Edinburgh Festivals and elsewhere ; attacked in a lecture to the Royal Society of Arts the moronic language of disc jockeys whom I referred to as ‘ the Anyway Boys ’ ( the word ‘ anyway ’ being their standard linking passage ) — but singled out for praise a comparative unknown by the name of Terry Wogan ; rejoined the Liberal Party ; took part in a shoot where in the gloaming I brought down what I thought was a woodcock but turned out to be a parrot , escaped recently from its cage a mile away ; fished for salmon in Spain where my guide was called Jesus ( and enjoyed bawling for him down the river bank ) and on the way home visited the marvellous cave paintings of Altamira and Lascaux ; proposed ite health of Prince Philip at a Variety Club luncheon and of London 's Lord Mayor at his midsummer banquet ( he was also chairman of the London Rubber Company to which I made some fruity references ) ; and for a year was resident British columnist of the American weekly magazine , Newsweek International . |
| 8 | At the same function RFU secretary Dudley Wood said that the problem is worse in France , where the national club championship is the dominating force , whilst the president added that the RFU had twice been prepared to act against clubs but held back for lack of clinching evidence . |
| 9 | Hightown were shackled by John O'Brien ( 5–36 ) but held out for a draw . |