Example sentences of "[pron] could [adv] [vb infin] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could just make out the figure of a boy , running from the house on the right , who was joined by a group of people from the other . |
| 2 | I could just make out the spot he indicated . |
| 3 | I took a few cautious steps forward to where , by craning , I could just make out the ghostly crescent of the beach opposite the pier . |
| 4 | By peering hard in the same direction , I could just make out the faint flicker of a distant plane . |
| 5 | From the tiny amount of light leaking around the door behind me , I could just make out the boards of the platform I stood on , and the first few feet of three narrow walkways emerging from the gloom , one cutting sharply away to my right , another straight ahead and a third branching left off this a few yards along . |
| 6 | It was very dark , I could just make out the path and some trees . |
| 7 | Turning to the north-east , I could just make out the lines of the walls of Siri , the first completely new city to be built by the Muslim conquerors in the Delhi plains . |
| 8 | If I could just pick up the point you made Councillor , I think that at the A C C discussions , there was a great deal of cognition and understanding of the need to consult with staff side , in the run up to the beginning of formal consultations . |
| 9 | To my left was a rough wooden handrail , below , to right and left , I could now make out the grey slopes of two of the conical pits formed by the vault of the transept beneath — the floor under the catwalk was really a negative ceiling — but , apart from a yard or two near the edge , it was completely submerged in nest , as was the catwalk itself a few steps further in . |
| 10 | Having perfected each manoeuvre in the flat water , I could then sail down the estuary to the open sea and practise what I had learned on the waves . |
| 11 | I could hardly walk up the front door . |
| 12 | The driver 's cab reminded me of the bridge ofa ship and , as in mid-ocean looking into infinity , I could almost make out the curve in the surface of the earth . |
| 13 | He lifted his head and , in the semi-darkness , she could just make out the wry smile that touched the corners of his mouth . |
| 14 | Briefly , as she followed Lucenzo across the marble floor , she caught a glimpse inside a dark , spacious room where she could just make out the shape of elegant furniture and banners hanging from a painted ceiling lit by the light from the hall . |
| 15 | She could just make out the shape of the fork stuck in the ground , the bulbs scattered around as she had left them , and as the moon disappeared behind the clouds she shivered and a feeling of desolation flooded over her . |
| 16 | She could just make out the shepherd resting beneath a tree , and the tranquillity of the scene helped to make her feel less frantic . |
| 17 | To her right , as her eyes adjusted to the faint lifting of the darkness , she could just make out the first steps of the spiral tower staircase . |
| 18 | Yes , through the gloom she could just make out the dried-up fountain in the middle of it , and , straight ahead , the huge studded doors of a church . |
| 19 | Although it was murky , she felt she could almost pick out the silhouettes of other buildings up there , as if they were constructed on the inside of the dome itself . |
| 20 | When Alejandro yelled at Perdita to tack up a little chestnut gelding , she was so nervous she could hardly do up the throat lash or adjust the stirrups . |
| 21 | She could hardly get out the question . |
| 22 | She could hardly follow up the exchange they had just had with a question about his relationship with Puddephat . |
| 23 | You could also bring up the point that learning how to study any subject successfully makes you quicker at learning new skills and better able to handle the unfamiliar skills you will have to learn as part of the job . |
| 24 | ‘ Thanks , but … if you could just print up the photos for me … ’ |
| 25 | You could just run up the credit . |
| 26 | If your camcorder is one of the new low-light models which can take pictures down to levels of 2 lux , you could simply switch on the normal top lighting in your lounge and start recording some perfectly adequate pictures . |
| 27 | ‘ You could never give up the law , could you ? ’ asked David . |
| 28 | Yeah , yeah you could certainly point out the areas that have been of interest to you and perhaps I could follow up with a phone call to er to Peter in the |
| 29 | Although we could barely make out the carcass 300 metres away from us , the vultures , high above the reach of our binocular-aided vision , could see it clearly . |
| 30 | Behind us we could just make out the glimmer of lamplight from the tiny hotel on Lake Pehoe , where we should be dining on river trout , bife chorizo and good Chilean pinot noir before the night was out . |