Example sentences of "make out [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was tired of kneeling , listening to their voices droning on : ‘ Our Father who art in heaven , hallowed be Thy name ’ , and ‘ Hail Mary , full of grace ’ , which was all she could make out of the second bit , because what followed was just a mumble . |
| 2 | So it was ‘ all change ’ on Pig Street : Solomon Mead replaced Elizabeth Titford in the little dwelling house which had served the Titford family so well over the years , and Thomas Tuck began to see what kind of commercial success he could make out of the vacated butcher and chandler 's shop next door . |
| 3 | ‘ My colleagues and I will be very interested , ’ he said sourly , ‘ to know what kind of propaganda that red magazine you work for can make out of an international survey of prospective parents . ’ |
| 4 | On the way to Mrs Zamzam 's land , I looked across the same Lebanese border from the Israeli side and could actually make out in the far distance Mrs Zamzam 's camp at Rashidiyeh inside Lebanon . |
| 5 | The figure in the seat was human , as far as he could make out in the murky light , but there was something about the awkward way it was sprawled in the chair that made him glad he could n't see it any clearer . |
| 6 | Dexter pressed his nose against the grid of cold metal but all he could make out in the shadowy interior was a counter and the shimmer of clothes hung up in plastic bags . |