Example sentences of "make out the [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even on the darkest night , by the light which the sea seemed mysteriously to absorb and reflect , he could make out the splendid fifteenth-century west tower of Happisburgh Church , that embattled symbol of man 's precarious defences against this most dangerous of seas . |
| 2 | After a couple of hundred yards the jungle thinned , and I could make out the towering white cliffs of the apartments building . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Even at this distance he could make out the faint octarine glow in the air that must be indicating a stable magic aura of at least — he gasped — several milliprime ? |
| 5 | Through the open door Zen could just make out the huge ornate crucifix above the high altar . |
| 6 | The smoke enveloped the beast completely , and yet through the smoke , as they got very close , Little Billy could just make out the enormous black shadow of some hairy monster . |