Example sentences of "make [adv] for [pos pn] " 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 | One evening at Pack Meeting Beegee , which was the name the Pack had made up for their Guider out of the initial letters B and G of Brownie Guider , told the Brownies that the County Girl Guides ' Fete was to be held in a few weeks ' time in Morley Park and that the 3rd Shortfields Pack must think what to do to help make the fete a huge success . |
| 3 | It had been a couple of days before it dawned on him : they were the full-size versions of the houses and station buildings he and his father had made up for their never-quite-finished model railway layout . |
| 4 | Jomeo is endearingly accident-prone and forever unsuccessful with females ; Gigi , by contrast , is wildly popular with the opposite sex and has made up for her childlessness by becoming a universal aunt to other females ' babies . |
| 5 | He lacked fire or animation but his wife more than made up for his apathy and weakness . |
| 6 | Wright had made up for his 99 at Christchurch by pulling Lawrence joyously for successive boundaries to reach three figures , and Jones , having scored his first Test century against England , looked hungry for more . |
| 7 | A better case can be made out for its subject being Salmo salar : the Atlantic salmon , than for Orpheus ! |
| 8 | In September 1989 the Libyan news agency JANA said that Italy could make up for its " wrongdoing " during the colonial period-particularly the deportation to Italy between 1911 and 1942 of some 5,000 Libyans as forced labour-by speedily paying the compensation demanded by Libya , which regarded as inadequate a settlement of dollars 6,700 million reached in 1956 . |
| 9 | Perhaps now she could make up for her crime against society . |
| 10 | The Mourne boss is determined that his side will make up for their semi-final defeat by Derry last year but refuses to embrace this as an additional spur in his motivating process . |
| 11 | The money will help offset big medical bills , but the brothers say it still does n't make up for their suffering . |
| 12 | ‘ Then I must make up for my error . ’ |
| 13 | Let me try and make up for my son 's suspicions ? |
| 14 | We hope this picture of Brian will make up for your disappointment . |
| 15 | I 'll be happy if we can make up for our late start by mid-season . ’ |
| 16 | But the results made up for her ordeal |
| 17 | Huddersfield made up for their failure in the Cup by winning the League Championship in the next season , 1923–4 . |
| 18 | We were watching the tufted ducks which made up for their late appearance this season by arriving in more than usual strength . |
| 19 | I backed away in alarm and refused to touch it , so Sean made up for my abstinence . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Fred made up for his lack of inches by waging psychological warfare in the form of a relentless monologue . |
| 22 | When he smiled , the warmth in his eyes , so stunning for being so unexpected , made up for his cranky disposition , his overwhelming pomposity . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | Jeff made up for his neglect by taking Ronni out for both lunch and dinner next day . |
| 25 | Still , seven minutes later Magilton made up for his miss . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Such remarks made up for our embarrassing waits . |
| 28 | She also thinks that men tend to choose women who make up for their own shortcomings . |
| 29 | None of the group is especially common as fossils , but they make up for their general rarity by their interest . |
| 30 | Many of these conglomerates also defy industrial logic ( or , if not , make up for their inefficiencies by dominating and manipulating markets ) . |