Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Palin may not have travelled much as a young man , but he has now made up for lost time . |
| 2 | Dunne , Chapman 's last attempt to find a successor to Lambert , proved to be past his best , but Drake more than made up for lost time , scoring 42 League goals in 1934–5 , a club record for a single season . |
| 3 | Of course , since his release , he had made up for lost time , becoming quite a wheel in the charity game , but those two years had stayed with him . |
| 4 | The Princess of Wales may not have been quick to learn at school — possibly because her lessons did not interest her much — but she has certainly made up for lost time since her marriage . |
| 5 | In Holland , it is a different situation as most of the players are students and those that are n't are compensated financially for additional time off work . |
| 6 | She took the flower-filled trug from Dr Neil , admired the blooms , adding briskly , ‘ Come along , McAllister ; you might as well make up for lost time , ’ and all three of them walked into the parlour , Matey and McAllister of necessity , since it was their only indoor access to the kitchen . |
| 7 | ‘ Why do n't we make up for lost time , then , Luke ? |
| 8 | SKIPPER Allan Border hit his highest first-class score of the tour as Australia made up for lost time on a rain-hit day against Warwickshire at Edgbaston . |
| 9 | We , all of us had er a bed-sitting room of our own which we kept on between cases cos we had to have somewhere to live and erm and then of course we , we 'd come back there and make up for lost time really . |
| 10 | Some say they 'll take over the children 's education completely as they try to help their youngsters make up for lost time . |
| 11 | Have cockpit master switch and Pitot heat switch ON for prescribed time before checking that Pitot and static sources are in fact being heated . |
| 12 | After a century or so of political apathy , Hong Kong 's young people were making up for lost time . |
| 13 | Glaswegian clubbers were a bit slow at first to take advantage of the late opening hours , says Stuart , but are now making up for lost time . |
| 14 | Had she been seduced into conformity by the excellence of the natural history programmes and then , like other late converts he had known , sat captive to virtually every offering as if making up for lost time ? |
| 15 | The 24-year-old was hoping to be a regular England choice , but instead finds himself making up for lost time . |
| 16 | The nun realised that now the child had no one to protect her , some of the other children were making up for lost time . |
| 17 | CANADA 'S 13 Engines , with their considered blend of ominous guitar and vocals and a sometimes lumbering , limbering beat , should have little trouble making up for lost time with this overdue European release of their excellent debut LP . |
| 18 | Nothing like making up for lost time , she thought to herself with relish . |
| 19 | CANADA 'S 13 Engines , with their considered blend of ominous guitar and vocals and a sometimes lumbering , limbering beat , should have little trouble making up for lost time with this overdue European release of their excellent debut LP . |
| 20 | Her tone expressed the warmth that flowed through her heart as she added , looking into his eyes with a smile , ‘ And so that Silvia and I can start making up for lost time . ’ |
| 21 | Meanwhile Keith and Mae are settling down to married life , making up for lost time . |
| 22 | He 's a fifteen month-old making up for lost time . |
| 23 | Anyway when the time came to , to , to stop off for short time everybody had had their turn except the union president and myself and he came to me this foreman and he said er , now John I do n't want you to think what happened between me and you will make any difference about being sent back for . |
| 24 | Certainly , it will need to work hard to make up for lost time ; the party has neglected the cause of democratic socialism in the North for far too long and it has allowed would-be Labour activists to become demoralised . |
| 25 | Nonetheless , we immediately started our other meetings to make up for lost time . |
| 26 | ALLY McCOIST last night declared himself fit for tomorrow 's European Cup match against CSKA Moscow — and vowed to make up for lost time . |
| 27 | ‘ When Chelsea signed me Ian Porterfield told me that if I got in the side he would n't drop me so I want to make up for lost time . ’ |
| 28 | Gimenez , who went the distance before losing to a 36-year-old Roberto Duran in 1987 is relishing his chance to make up for lost time . |
| 29 | He was eager to make up for lost time and published prolifically . |
| 30 | Then he said in a calmer voice , ‘ Well , perhaps I 'm just trying to make up for lost time . ’ |