Example sentences of "[pron] could just [verb] [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 | He lifted his head and , in the semi-darkness , she could just make out the wry smile that touched the corners of his mouth . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | She could just make out the shepherd resting beneath a tree , and the tranquillity of the scene helped to make her feel less frantic . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | ‘ Thanks , but … if you could just print up the photos for me … ’ |
16 | You could just run up the credit . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | Right , I hope , we wo n't be to long now , perhaps if we could just bring up the item you wanted to mention . |
19 | As he ran through the list , he could just make out the wording of the certificate over the mantelpiece : ‘ Ancient Guild of Foresters ’ . |
20 | Looking towards the middle of the room he could just make out the hulk of the engine , even more dense than the surrounding dark . |
21 | If he squinted his eyes , he could just make out the greyness of the roof between the trees and here and there the stony finger of a chimney-stack . |
22 | Through the middle kitchen window he could just make out the open gate , the wooden ramp covering the steps and the first huge saddle-back sow ambling down into the yard . |
23 | The dirty chipped name plate was difficult to read but he could just make out the word Nettles on it . |
24 | He could just make out the chicken . |
25 | He could just make out the name in spite of the peeling paint . |
26 | As he gazed out , down the enormous length of the ship , he could just make out the dark outline against the lighter sea , and the rectangular shapes of the deck-covered containers . |
27 | He could just make out the sand dunes now , a blond strip on the far side of the lake , a good ten miles away . |
28 | He could just make out the great empty arch of the east window and beyond it the shimmer of the North Sea while above , seeming to move through and over it like a censer , swung the smudged yellow disc of the moon . |
29 | He could just make out the two rows of cottages and the fields beyond them . |
30 | Straining his eyes , he could just make out the two boxes which were stacked in the far corner of the room and a picture frame which was propped up against them . |