Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] make [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | By peering hard in the same direction , I could just make out the faint flicker of a distant plane . |
| 35 | From the tiny amount of light leaking around the door behind me , I could just make out the boards of the platform I stood on , and the first few feet of three narrow walkways emerging from the gloom , one cutting sharply away to my right , another straight ahead and a third branching left off this a few yards along . |
| 36 | It was very dark , I could just make out the path and some trees . |
| 37 | Howarth could just make out the shape of what looked like a small purse , a lipstick , a folded sheet of paper . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | He could just make out the bottom of the iron saucepan in which the mussels were still boiling for his guests . |
| 40 | Looking south , Huy could just make out the shape of the wall surrounding the palace compound , and remembered that quiet and contentment existed in reality for very few , and then only for a fraction of the time one spends under this sun . |
| 41 | It even had a name , he could just make out the tiny print . |
| 42 | Turning to the north-east , I could just make out the lines of the walls of Siri , the first completely new city to be built by the Muslim conquerors in the Delhi plains . |
| 43 | He lifted his head and , in the semi-darkness , she could just make out the wry smile that touched the corners of his mouth . |
| 44 | Briefly , as she followed Lucenzo across the marble floor , she caught a glimpse inside a dark , spacious room where she could just make out the shape of elegant furniture and banners hanging from a painted ceiling lit by the light from the hall . |
| 45 | She could just make out the shape of the fork stuck in the ground , the bulbs scattered around as she had left them , and as the moon disappeared behind the clouds she shivered and a feeling of desolation flooded over her . |
| 46 | She could just make out the shepherd resting beneath a tree , and the tranquillity of the scene helped to make her feel less frantic . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | ‘ Do n't see why not , ’ replied Geoffrey , moving through the gloom to a desk on which Loretta could just make out the shape of a lamp . |
| 50 | 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 . |
| 51 | Through the open door Zen could just make out the huge ornate crucifix above the high altar . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | Besides , he was sure we 'd quickly make up the time once we got out to sea . |
| 55 | 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 . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | Although the sun glinted off its scales , Rincewind could clearly make out the outlines of the branches behind it . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | The light gradually faded , allowing a clearer view of the craft — Bash could now make out a thin outline , a panel or … a door ! |
| 60 | In the dim upper reaches of the roof , she could now make out a cylindrical object with a dulled metallic glint . |