Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [vb mod] make [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The windows were obscured by curtains , but if I strained my eyes I thought I could make out the shadow of a figure standing behind them , never moving . |
| 2 | Straining to listen , the boy thought he could make out the soft fall of footsteps on the snuffled ground between the trees . |
| 3 | The Scapegoat had been secured by ‘ wrists ’ and ‘ ankles ’ to the inner ring and Wycliffe thought he could make out the four points where the ropes had been . |
| 4 | All the pictures he showed me looked the same messy blur but he insisted he could make out the individual features of each person . |
| 5 | As he spoke I could make out the red roofs of the bungalows dotted among the green trees . |