Example sentences of "could just [vb infin] out a " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ AT THE top of Wears Hill we could just make out a signpost , pointing inland to Ashley Chase . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | I could just make out a figure wheeling a bicycle up the drive . |
4 | As they drew nearer John could just make out a plate on which the number 173 was discernible . |
5 | Almost — but I could just make out a narrow stretch half-way over where the water flowed smooth and fast with each swell . |
6 | Blanche could just make out a flabby shape in the back seat . |
7 | The cubicle was thick with fragranced fog but he could just make out a dark hunched shape on the floor near the door . |
8 | Along it , Theodora could just make out a lone rider heading back to the stable . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Robert could just make out a thin line of boys struggling through the trees at the edge of the horizon . |