Example sentences of "could [adv] [adv] [verb] out [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The moon was not yet up and in the darkness we could only just make out the rock face of the west bank above us , a cliff some thirty feet high . |
| 2 | She heard the sounds of the battle ; she could not even croak out a song to him , for her tongue clove to her palate as if , while her baby drank , she were dying of thirst . |
| 3 | He was watching her closely , and she could not quite make out the expression in his eyes . |
| 4 | From where she was standing , she could just about make out the shape of Patrick 's cap as he hurried down the back lane . |
| 5 | Now that his eyes had adjusted to the light , Patrick could just about make out the vague shape of the young woman before him , her face a dim grey against the paler shape of her nightdress . |
| 6 | Finally , it got to the point where he was driving me nuts , because I could n't even find out the reason he was screaming so . |
| 7 | He could n't quite make out the face , but he was certain he did n't know the caller , which was unusual . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I could never really work out the basis of his friendship with Steve and Paul They were pretty street-wise while he was just odd . |