Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Everton , still without their regular centre-backs Ratcliffe and Watson because of injury , again tried to make up for this by playing Snodin as a spare centre-back behind Keown and McDonald .
2 But I knew it was useless to try to make up for all his losses .
3 Try to stretch up for 15 counts this time .
4 He says the county council has been trying to find out for 6 years about the planning of the east-west route because we were very worried about the effect it would have on Oxford and the countryside around Oxford .
5 Then he said in a calmer voice , ‘ Well , perhaps I 'm just trying to make up for lost time . ’
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