Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] make [adv prt] the shape " 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 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 .
3 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 .
4 It was dark down below , but she could make out the shapes of beer kegs .
5 Gradually , almost imperceptibly , the light strengthened and soon he could make out the shape of boats , the mexeflote causeway and the patchwork of woods and fields on the island .
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