Example sentences of "made [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TRAINER John Gosden made up for Brier Creek 's narrow Ebor defeat when Badawi took the Andy Capp Handicap at York yesterday , writes Carles Fawcus . |
| 2 | Apart from Perdita , the Rutshire team for the Jack Gannon Cup consisted of Justin and Patrick Lombard , farmer 's sons who 'd spent their lives in the saddle and who made up for lack of finesse with dogged determination , and David Waterlane 's son , Mike , now nearly twenty-one , who played like an angel when his father was n't on the sideline bellowing at him . |
| 3 | He was not tall , close to minimum height in fact , but he was stocky , and he made up for lack of inches with a pressing , high-speed manner which sometimes made people think he was all noise and movement and no intelligence . |
| 4 | 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 … |
| 5 | Welcome to Ireland , and their comfortable , confusing , delightful brand of hospitality — And did they always keep this room made up for guests ? |
| 6 | It was an unsatisfactory relationship , but their meetings made up for infrequency by their intensity . |
| 7 | The steward is said to have issued the boys with a receipt , made out for £5 and indicating that it was for the journey from Stonehouse to Gloucester . |
| 8 | ‘ Do you want the cheque made out for cash ? ’ |