Example sentences of "could n't [vb infin] out the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He could n't go out the front door to play without being mugged . ’ |
| 2 | He heard two men arguing , but with water lapping in his ears he could n't make out the words . |
| 3 | Maggie glanced at her alarm clock , but could n't make out the time . |
| 4 | Although Maggie could n't make out the exact words , she knew they were from both sides . |
| 5 | With this she knocked away the snow from the lettering — but then found she could n't make out the words in the dark . |
| 6 | He tried to speak but she could n't make out the words . |
| 7 | At first , her eyes still full of tears , she could n't make out the figure . |
| 8 | But not so deafening that she could n't make out the anguished cries of : ‘ Wheee … |
| 9 | On another low table by the wall there was an inexpensive stereo unit and some uneven stacks of records ; he could n't make out the details on the posters on the wall above the unit , but they might have been Escher prints . |
| 10 | She saw the Jaguar parked there but could n't make out the identity of its occupant . |
| 11 | Someone was yelling , but Christine could n't make out the words . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I , standing on my tiptoes I could n't see out the window to , to look out to the stage erm , and there was a huge step up , it was about that , which was great for people 's bad backs and if you got up on that , erm then you sat on top of a very high cocktail chair , in fact one of our people had to kneel on top of the high cocktail chair , to look , to see down , over the window , down to the stage and they did n't give us a sound feed which would sound familiar |
| 14 | So I got one side but I bloody could n't get out the other side . |
| 15 | I would imagine i , i , if they went to look at it for fire and , or anything like that you 'd be in the wrong cos you could n't get out the kitchen . |
| 16 | The goalkeeper got a finger to it but could n't keep out the screamer . |
| 17 | Lisa had been fully occupied explaining to a rather elderly lady why she could n't pick out the exact blooms that were to be delivered to her daughter-in-law in New Zealand . |
| 18 | But glamour could n't drown out the tough talk from French car chiefs on the threat from Japan . |
| 19 | I think they both actually probably work it 's just they could n't figure out the programming on them . |