Example sentences of "just [vb infin] out [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Almost — but I could just make out a narrow stretch half-way over where the water flowed smooth and fast with each swell . |
2 | Along it , Theodora could just make out a lone rider heading back to the stable . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Blanche could just make out a flabby shape in the back seat . |
5 | Robert could just make out a thin line of boys struggling through the trees at the edge of the horizon . |
6 | It even had a name , he could just make out the tiny print . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Between the ranks of bared heads ( one or another of which would occasionally turn to take a quick glance of inspection at his own face ) he could just make out the graceful figure of Mrs Wright herself , kneeling on a hassock in front of the table . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | He could just make out the two rows of cottages and the fields beyond them . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | By peering hard in the same direction , I could just make out the faint flicker of a distant plane . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | He lifted his head and , in the semi-darkness , she could just make out the wry smile that touched the corners of his mouth . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | It was clear enough for Gareth to just make out the gaunt shapes of the drilling platforms on the north-eastern horizon . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | We 'll just sit out the present fighting and see what happens . |