Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] make out the " in BNC.

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1 A few yards through the gloom I could make out the shape of a hedge and what appeared to be the entrance to a sunken road .
2 Most of it was double-dutch to me but I could make out the names entered in columns .
3 As he spoke I could make out the red roofs of the bungalows dotted among the green trees .
4 But as far as I could make out the Ambassador was away .
5 The fields shone a new green in the sun , and the air which for days had been hazy had been cleaned by the rain so that I could make out the shapes of sheep grazing near the old Coal Road above Cowgill as I walked down the lane .
6 After a couple of hundred yards the jungle thinned , and I could make out the towering white cliffs of the apartments building .
7 I could make out the tracery of blonde down on the edge of her cheek .
8 For , if I am the world ’ — we were heading down again , his nails digging into my flesh , I could make out the Eastern Mediterranean — ‘ then the world must be real .
9 The windows were obscured by curtains , but if I strained my eyes I thought I could make out the shadow of a figure standing behind them , never moving .
10 I could make out the Headmaster 's fancy brick chimneys , three shaped like corkscrews , three with brick diamond patterns , also the black branches of the elm tree shining wetly in the light of a precinct lamp-post .
11 The atmosphere was less turbid than I 'd expected from Edward 's description — a glowing , orange-red furnace of heat in which I could make out the shadowy profiles of two pots .
12 And as I changed tack , the harbour came into view round the headland , with the hill rising behind it , where pines grow in a sheltered spot , and then I could make out the white walls of my house through the binoculars .
13 I could make out the spot where my dad had stood that night .
14 From the front window I saw Jo climb into the BMW and as the interior light went on , I could make out the shape of the man driving .
15 And I used to make out the rosters .
16 In so far as I can make out the policy of the Labour party , it is to give the business rate back to local authorities .
17 At the edge of hearing , as she turned back into her room , she could make out the shuffling of crockery .
18 It was dark down below , but she could make out the shapes of beer kegs .
19 She could make out the man now .
20 Suddenly , beyond , in the black solidity she could make out the pattern in the sun-whitened rocks : the lips of craters .
21 It was difficult to see her backside in the mirror , but she could make out the pink weals which had been raised on her tender white bum-cheeks by the little squirt .
22 All the internal doors were open and she could make out the tumbled travel bags she had left half-packed and which now spilled their contents across the room .
23 From somewhere far away , she could make out the screaming whine of an emergency vehicle in a hurry .
24 Ahead of her , straight ahead , she could make out the grey hills on the far side of the estuary and to her right where the land first widened out and then melted away altogether , the sea flowed to the ocean , limitless , miles of moving , salty water .
25 If you can make out the lyrics — and it 's difficult enough to find a song in this aural tirade — you 'll be subconsciously ordered to slaughter small children on the bus home .
26 But even in the gloom you can make out the apostles ' faces .
27 Gradually we could make out the shaking fronds of the trees , the thick herbs at the side of the path .
28 Near as we can make out the SunSoft deal with Motorola Inc for the PowerPC ( see front page ) is very fresh .
29 Their vision was by now more adapted to the darkness , and silhouetted against the glow of the fires , they could make out the black bulk of the castle .
30 If they strained their eyes they could make out the clusters of houses and farmyards that were Suardal to the north , the pencil-thin bars of smoke already rising from them and the meagre herds moving across the open country like ants .
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