Example sentences of "to make out a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hovering in the doorway , Wilson heard Mr Browning plead with her to say something to him and then she listened while he tried to make out a case for the French Emperor , to argue this might not be the betrayal it seemed , and that all hope might not be lost . |
| 2 | So set yourself the task of suggesting a simple argument or answer and then you can try to make out a case for it . |
| 3 | When Sir Keith Joseph approved the rebuilding of St Augustine 's School , officers of the county council were still attempting to make out a case for the sale of the site based on their assessment of demand for places . |
| 4 | If the adviser wants you to make out a cheque to him , the alarm bells should start ringing . |
| 5 | And it allows us to make out a vision of our own lives and , more importantly , the whole life , the world 's life . ’ |
| 6 | When the guard was told that no one had moved from their seats he became very worried because he said he had to make out a report to British Rail as to the cause of the delay and he then said , ‘ I 'll have to put it down to person or persons unknown ’ . |
| 7 | The language I used obviously means this : the plaintiff in order to make out a cause of action must assert certain facts which , if traversed , he would be put to prove . |
| 8 | Out to sea the beam of the lighthouse swept a great arc every fifteen seconds ; on one side of the headland were the lights of the town and harbour , on the other it was just possible to make out a line of cliffs receding into the darkness . |
| 9 | ‘ Especially , ’ Angelica said , ‘ when you 're trying to make out a form for somebody whom you know wo n't appear anywhere in the records . ’ |