Example sentences of "make [adv prt] for his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lacked fire or animation but his wife more than made up for his apathy and weakness . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Fred made up for his lack of inches by waging psychological warfare in the form of a relentless monologue . |
| 5 | When he smiled , the warmth in his eyes , so stunning for being so unexpected , made up for his cranky disposition , his overwhelming pomposity . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | Jeff made up for his neglect by taking Ronni out for both lunch and dinner next day . |
| 8 | Still , seven minutes later Magilton made up for his miss . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She realized he was trying to lead the conversation away from her husband , to be kind and make up for his blunder . |
| 11 | The producer did finally arrive about half an hour into the party , and he scurried around meeting everyone , making up for his earlier absence . |
| 12 | While Carl Fogarty took the big race of the day the Superbike , young Dunlop scooped up the smaller classes by landing both 250cc races as well as the 125cc , thus making up for his disappointment of last year when he scored only one win against Phillip McCallen 's five . |
| 13 | Les Robinson came as close as he could to making up for his own goal , but it was n't Oxford 's day . |
| 14 | He determined not to give Gina any housekeeping this week to make up for his losses . |
| 15 | With typical American generosity of heart , his mother had set out to make up for his disabilities . |
| 16 | Taken to extremes , it will cause the person who feels inadequate to become a workaholic , compelling him to take on more and more in order to make up for his own shortcomings . |
| 17 | And it will do his own prospects no harm if he is seen attempting to make up for his failure to sign Alan Shearer in the summer . |
| 18 | ROD WALLACE last night pleaded for the chance to make up for his England heartache , writes John Edwards . |
| 19 | Dyer was applauded by the diehard press to make up for his censure by the government . |
| 20 | Trying to make up for his misspent youth . |
| 21 | The mathematics master obviously intended to make up for his long silence during the earlier part of the term . |
| 22 | ‘ It makes up for his small penis , ’ points out Rob . |
| 23 | ‘ It makes up for his small penis , ’ points out Rob . |