Example sentences of "[verb] up for the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please forgive the shortish letter , but I am trying to catch up for the time I was ill , and have quite a heavy teaching programme . |
| 2 | Peace within the new boundaries allowed Milan to make up for the time lost during the bloody years of Napoleon 's campaigns and the Risorgimento . |
| 3 | So that 's it — we deduct five overs and three runs for the rain interruption , plus another eight overs and four runs to make up for the time it 's taken us to work it out . |
| 4 | ‘ You can do nothing to make up for the time that 's been wasted checking for a link between that incident and the murder of Hal MacQuillan . ’ |
| 5 | that makes up for the time you , then doing the |