Example sentences of "make out [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traditionally , literary criticism — which generally has supported the conservative idea of the period as a time of disruption and rebellion has made out a case for the poem 's balanced quality in praising both Cromwell and Charles I. Marvell may have later been an employee of Cromwell 's Latin Secretariat , but his poem shows an independent impartiality which avoids political commitment . |
| 2 | After she 'd made out the application for him she said , ‘ Can you manage if I leave you with it ? ’ |
| 3 | I could make out a couple of dozen large buildings . |
| 4 | And David Evans , all white and stammering , do n't you tell me my father 's a bloody animal I 've got to kick out of the way , and G.P. saying I 've never hurt an animal in my life , you can always make out a case for hurting human beings , but human animals deserve every sympathy . |
| 5 | You concealed knowledge of a deserter , you actually helped him stay deserted , and They can make out a case for saying you still are . |
| 6 | Perhaps she should stay and try and make out a case for herself . |
| 7 | As they drew nearer John could just make out a plate on which the number 173 was discernible . |
| 8 | A. You can still make out a Deed of Covenant , and send the money directly to Save the Children by Postal Order . |
| 9 | The curving windows at the stern are freckled with spray ; through one of them you can make out a set of fat capstans and a listless macaroni of sodden rope . |
| 10 | As illustrated in Figure 1.9 , we can make out a number of levels more basic than this ; the electronic circuits themselves , the logical functions ( such as gates and flipflops ) , and the functional units ( such as adders and registers ) . |
| 11 | The Doctor followed the narrow road down through a small valley , before climbing back up towards a bare hilltop where he could make out a number of tiny wooden crosses , like a forest of lifeless bonsai trees . |
| 12 | I could make out a sort of close-fitting purple cap on the back of her head . |
| 13 | Can you imagine , we have to try and make out a picture of that ! |
| 14 | The area had been given an unfair image by ‘ so far as I can make out a group of tearaways who are , at the moment , completely uncontrollable . |
| 15 | If he squinted his eyes , he could just make out the greyness of the roof between the trees and here and there the stony finger of a chimney-stack . |
| 16 | He could just make out the name in spite of the peeling paint . |
| 17 | He could just make out the bottom of the iron saucepan in which the mussels were still boiling for his guests . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | From where she was standing , she could just about make out the shape of Patrick 's cap as he hurried down the back lane . |
| 21 | Howarth could just make out the shape of what looked like a small purse , a lipstick , a folded sheet of paper . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He looked up at the house and through a dormer window he could make out the outline of a figure , seated and immobile , facing the sea . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | She could n't make out the expression on his face as he spoke , and in a way she was glad that she could n't . |
| 30 | He was watching her closely , and she could not quite make out the expression in his eyes . |