Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] out a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maura could see Terry 's lips moving but could not make out a word . |
| 2 | THE National Blood Transfusion Service said last night that it could not rule out a patient contracting the HIV virus as Arthur Ashe did . |
| 3 | He did not as yet know all the details of how they had died , and what had gone before , but rumour had it that no great physical strength had been involved so that you could not rule out a woman as the killer . |
| 4 | ‘ AT THE top of Wears Hill we could just make out a signpost , pointing inland to Ashley Chase . |
| 5 | The drop down to half-moon Rhossili Bay below me was almost sheer , and the sea was striped with shimmering blue and white as endlessly long parallel lines of surf moved in slow motion towards the expanse of sand , on which I could just make out a few figures as tiny specks . |
| 6 | I could just make out a figure wheeling a bicycle up the drive . |
| 7 | As they drew nearer John could just make out a plate on which the number 173 was discernible . |
| 8 | Almost — but I could just make out a narrow stretch half-way over where the water flowed smooth and fast with each swell . |
| 9 | Blanche could just make out a flabby shape in the back seat . |
| 10 | The cubicle was thick with fragranced fog but he could just make out a dark hunched shape on the floor near the door . |
| 11 | Along it , Theodora could just make out a lone rider heading back to the stable . |
| 12 | The design was n't very clear , but she could just make out a building shaped like a tower , she thought , tracing the outline with her fingertip , and beneath it a flower which might or might not be a rose . |
| 13 | Robert could just make out a thin line of boys struggling through the trees at the edge of the horizon . |
| 14 | The light gradually faded , allowing a clearer view of the craft — Bash could now make out a thin outline , a panel or … a door ! |
| 15 | In the dim upper reaches of the roof , she could now make out a cylindrical object with a dulled metallic glint . |
| 16 | Could n't make out a damn thing from either one of them . |
| 17 | What 's done is done , Tremayne would say , but one could n't wipe out an enveloping feeling of pathetic waste . |
| 18 | ‘ I see you could even carry out a Caesarean delivery , ’ she remarked . |
| 19 | We could vaguely make out a few buildings as we caught the bubble up to La Saulire , and then headed down into Courchevel . |
| 20 | One may make a comparison here with his attitude towards the poor ; for one could evidently make out a case that , in relation to the poor , he preached the need for revolution . |
| 21 | Perhaps she could actually pick out a suitable house and rob it ? |