Example sentences of "[adv] make out [art] " in BNC.

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1 Swore like a trooper under his breath as the bus swayed through the leafy lanes , saying he could no longer make out the landmarks , that he knew such and such a tree or house was in such and such a place , he 'd passed it so often in the bus , but now could barely see it .
2 Maura could see Terry 's lips moving but could not make out a word .
3 At Procedure Roll a defender may , very occasionally , succeed in persuading a Court that the pursuer 's case is so hopeless that it is not worth allowing evidence to be heard because even if that evidence was heard , it would not make out a case which would entitle the pursuer to succeed .
4 She could not make out the patch of canary-coloured light on the opposite wall , could not make out why the sun was shining and why her brown-stained hand , on the sheet , would not move for cold .
5 The position had been reached where she could not make out the labels on the cans of food she was heating up .
6 She could not make out the words , but knew instinctively they 'd been uttered by the uncle of her child .
7 I narrow my eyes to stare into his ; the light of the pub is dim as dust and I can not make out the pinpoints .
8 ‘ AT THE top of Wears Hill we could just make out a signpost , pointing inland to Ashley Chase .
9 The drop down to half-moon Rhossili Bay below me was almost sheer , and the sea was striped with shimmering blue and white as endlessly long parallel lines of surf moved in slow motion towards the expanse of sand , on which I could just make out a few figures as tiny specks .
10 Mind you , I still think that now on the way back from a long hill-walk when I can just make out a dot that is the car .
11 I could just make out a figure wheeling a bicycle up the drive .
12 As they drew nearer John could just make out a plate on which the number 173 was discernible .
13 Almost — but I could just make out a narrow stretch half-way over where the water flowed smooth and fast with each swell .
14 Blanche could just make out a flabby shape in the back seat .
15 The cubicle was thick with fragranced fog but he could just make out a dark hunched shape on the floor near the door .
16 Along it , Theodora could just make out a lone rider heading back to the stable .
17 The design was n't very clear , but she could just make out a building shaped like a tower , she thought , tracing the outline with her fingertip , and beneath it a flower which might or might not be a rose .
18 Robert could just make out a thin line of boys struggling through the trees at the edge of the horizon .
19 At that point he becomes marginally important to my future , and I might just make out a client sheet for him .
20 Someone upstairs is playing a record — I can just make out the thumping of the drum .
21 As he ran through the list , he could just make out the wording of the certificate over the mantelpiece : ‘ Ancient Guild of Foresters ’ .
22 Looking towards the middle of the room he could just make out the hulk of the engine , even more dense than the surrounding dark .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 The dirty chipped name plate was difficult to read but he could just make out the word Nettles on it .
26 He could just make out the chicken .
27 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 .
28 He could just make out the name in spite of the peeling paint .
29 I can just make out the Ridgery in the distance .
30 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 .
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