Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] out [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But all the will-power she could muster could not shut out the desolate sense of emptiness that had closed like a cold hand round her heart . |
| 2 | The cubicle was thick with fragranced fog but he could just make out a dark hunched shape on the floor near the door . |
| 3 | Almost — but I could just make out a narrow stretch half-way over where the water flowed smooth and fast with each swell . |
| 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 | Along it , Theodora could just make out a lone rider heading back to the stable . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | By peering hard in the same direction , I could just make out the faint flicker of a distant plane . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It even had a name , he could just make out the tiny print . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Through the open door Zen could just make out the huge ornate crucifix above the high altar . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He lifted his head and , in the semi-darkness , she could just make out the wry smile that touched the corners of his mouth . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He could still make out the huge man-shape , lying face down , its outline glowing from the residual embers of the phosphorus , like a blackened , smoking tree trunk . |
| 19 | Dr Jaffery could still point out the faded murals which filled niches of the Drum House — pictures of Central Asian plants , he thought , put there to remind the Mughals of their TransOxianan homelands — but the painted and gilt ceiling of the audience hall has entirely disappeared , along with the awnings , the Kashmiri carpets , the solid silver railings and the magnificent Peacock Throne which , with its twelve pillars of emerald supporting a golden roof topped with two gilt peacocks ablaze with precious stones , was arguably the most dazzling seat ever constructed . |
| 20 | The light gradually faded , allowing a clearer view of the craft — Bash could now make out a thin outline , a panel or … a door ! |
| 21 | In the dim upper reaches of the roof , she could now make out a cylindrical object with a dulled metallic glint . |
| 22 | To my left was a rough wooden handrail , below , to right and left , I could now make out the grey slopes of two of the conical pits formed by the vault of the transept beneath — the floor under the catwalk was really a negative ceiling — but , apart from a yard or two near the edge , it was completely submerged in nest , as was the catwalk itself a few steps further in . |
| 23 | ‘ He could n't go out the front door to play without being mugged . ’ |
| 24 | Could n't make out a damn thing from either one of them . |
| 25 | But not so deafening that she could n't make out the anguished cries of : ‘ Wheee … |
| 26 | Although Maggie could n't make out the exact words , she knew they were from both sides . |
| 27 | So I got one side but I bloody could n't get out the other side . |
| 28 | What 's done is done , Tremayne would say , but one could n't wipe out an enveloping feeling of pathetic waste . |
| 29 | Lisa had been fully occupied explaining to a rather elderly lady why she could n't pick out the exact blooms that were to be delivered to her daughter-in-law in New Zealand . |
| 30 | But glamour could n't drown out the tough talk from French car chiefs on the threat from Japan . |