Example sentences of "i [vb mod] make out the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | For , if I am the world ’ — we were heading down again , his nails digging into my flesh , I could make out the Eastern Mediterranean — ‘ then the world must be real . |
2 | After a couple of hundred yards the jungle thinned , and I could make out the towering white cliffs of the apartments building . |
3 | As he spoke I could make out the red roofs of the bungalows dotted among the green trees . |
4 | And as I changed tack , the harbour came into view round the headland , with the hill rising behind it , where pines grow in a sheltered spot , and then I could make out the white walls of my house through the binoculars . |
5 | The atmosphere was less turbid than I 'd expected from Edward 's description — a glowing , orange-red furnace of heat in which I could make out the shadowy profiles of two pots . |