Example sentences of "[verb] to make out the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was growing dark and she had to squint to make out the details of the room . |
| 2 | He squinted to make out the figure above the nearest open door , but it was completely encrusted with grime ; the name and number above the next building however , was Number Two . |
| 3 | But still Jack listened , and after a while he began to make out the quick flow of words . |
| 4 | As Gedanken peered into the bubble she began to make out the spacecraft . |
| 5 | Presently , she grew a little more adjusted to the noise and she began to make out the details a little more plainly ; she could see that the captives were all young men , some of them not much more than boys , but certainly strong and lithe . |
| 6 | And he just about managed to make out the three words uttered by Sheriff James Farrell : ‘ You are discharged . ’ |
| 7 | Then , almost lost in my breathing , he managed to make out the words ; |
| 8 | He backed up all the way to the road , squinting to make out the track behind in the faint glow of the reversing lights . |
| 9 | He was looking up the driveway , trying to make out the shape of the house through the trees . |
| 10 | Oh I do hope so , thought Fenella , peering into the forest depths , trying to make out the shapes more clearly . |
| 11 | Hesitating , as if trying to make out the numbers on the house fronts , which were perfectly clear . |
| 12 | Tom Rooney looked at Patrick closely , his pale eyes squinting in the dim light as he attempted to make out the younger man 's expression . |