Example sentences of "he [modal v] [adv] make [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He heard two men arguing , but with water lapping in his ears he could n't make out the words . |
| 2 | On another low table by the wall there was an inexpensive stereo unit and some uneven stacks of records ; he could n't make out the details on the posters on the wall above the unit , but they might have been Escher prints . |
| 3 | As he ran through the list , he could just make out the wording of the certificate over the mantelpiece : ‘ Ancient Guild of Foresters ’ . |
| 4 | Looking towards the middle of the room he could just make out the hulk of the engine , even more dense than the surrounding dark . |
| 5 | If he squinted his eyes , he could just make out the greyness of the roof between the trees and here and there the stony finger of a chimney-stack . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The dirty chipped name plate was difficult to read but he could just make out the word Nettles on it . |
| 8 | He could just make out the chicken . |
| 9 | He could just make out the name in spite of the peeling paint . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He could just make out the sand dunes now , a blond strip on the far side of the lake , a good ten miles away . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He could just make out the two rows of cottages and the fields beyond them . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He could just make out the railway embankment from here , but not the station or the building that used to be the Turk 's Head . |
| 17 | A large spider 's web occupied one corner of the room near the ceiling and he could just make out the spider lurking there , quite motionless ; emulating Mr Micawber , waiting for something to turn up . |
| 18 | He could just make out the bottom of the iron saucepan in which the mussels were still boiling for his guests . |
| 19 | It even had a name , he could just make out the tiny print . |
| 20 | He could just make out the greens , the fairways and the dunes through which the three dozen surviving professionals would toil tomorrow in search of their own Golden Fleece . |
| 21 | He could just make out the outline of the figure in front of him , sweeping its heavy cape to one side , then something smashed into the side of his head . |
| 22 | Down below , lost in the mist , he could just make out the holm-oaks and cypresses surrounding the Miletti property , a lugubrious baroque monstrosity built on a shoulder of land jutting out from the steep hillside . |
| 23 | In the darkness , he could barely make out the wooden boards that had been nailed into place over the shattered window vents at street level , but even down here they could hear the hissing of rain on the pavements outside and the grumbling of thunder in the sky . |
| 24 | As Martin whispered his reply he raised his head slightly above the hedge and peered into the field , where now he could distinctly make out the hen crees and the dark blobs of the sheep . |
| 25 | The unpainted doors were padlocked and above them he could vaguely make out the name Strauss , the paintwork having been abraded over the years by the weather . |
| 26 | Peering closely at the page , though , he thought he could still make out the shapes of the words , or enough shapes to allow a quick and hostile mind to piece together the whole sentence . |
| 27 | 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 . |