Example sentences of "[adj] to make out the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was even impossible to make out the enormous saw which had been the cause of the accident . |
| 2 | As the sun came up and he was able to make out the grassy track along which he had been striding through the night he realised that once again he had missed the verderers , that there were no fresh hoof-marks . |
| 3 | He looked across the field cum river bank in the general direction of civilisation , and with the aid of the moonlight was able to make out the familiar gables of the Blue Boar , a hundred yards away . |
| 4 | " Patrick has disappeared , " Katherine said without preamble , glancing around , barely able to make out the seated figure of the man beside the fire . |
| 5 | Once his eyes became accustomed to the gloom he was able to make out the double curve of the banister as it snaked from the dark first-floor landing into the inky blackness of the main stairwell . |
| 6 | It was difficult to make out the essential nature of the girl : it seemed to change with the time of day , the season . |
| 7 | The glass in the photo frame still held together but it was difficult to make out the five faces beneath . |
| 8 | Only when they came close was it possible to make out the dark shadow of a hand and arm carving each one , the sketchy outline of a black body behind , and above , a ghoulish half-lit face with gaping shadowy craters for mouth and eyes . |
| 9 | It was just possible to make out the 300 foot radio mast at the Davistow Airfield , an ex-military airfield well worth a visit , offering splendid moorland isolation and three concrete runways , the longest being 1550 metres . |