Example sentences of "just [vb infin] [adv prt] [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 | Well , we were n't having that , so we stood around , we said ‘ Well , we thought we 'd just wait around a little bit , you know , just in case they might want to say goodbye to us . ’ |
| 19 | If you could just jot down a few ideas that . |
| 20 | Right can you just move back a little bit more so I can actually |
| 21 | The sociologist of religion ( usually ) does not just plonk down a whole lot of data and let the reader make what he or she will of it . |
| 22 | You know , they might just get up a little way and then some bureaucracy knocks them down again and they 're back where they started . |
| 23 | G Chairman , if I could just pick up a deliberate accuracy rather than |
| 24 | We 'll just sit out the present fighting and see what happens . |
| 25 | Yes you would you just wonder whether Forest back four might just push up a little bit higher and let the ball carry through to the keeper every time . |