Example sentences of "make out [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Magee could make out two figures crouched on the steps near the top , quite close to the door of the church . |
| 2 | There were open sliding glass windows at the side of the house and in the dim interior I could just make out two figures standing . |
| 3 | I could make out two figures in the boat , one male , one female . |
| 4 | I could make out two soldiers standing in a slit trench , they look like Airborne troops judging by the type of steel helmet they are wearing . |
| 5 | Finn must have been lying awake in the darkness , as she was , the wall separating them like Tristan 's sword , for she could hear the soft murmur of him and Francie talking together for a little while , but she could not make out one word . |
| 6 | Riven could not make out individual animals , only the shape of the pack . |
| 7 | Going over to the window , she could make out odd moon shadows on the garden . |
| 8 | Far off on the horizon I could make out tiny figures : galloping beasts , scurrying men ; and faint sounds came down to me of barking dogs , irritated bellowings and shrill cries of " Haow , haow ! " |
| 9 | Its surface was worn and rough , but her fingers could make out irregular indentations and shallow groove markings . |
| 10 | I could make out four men . |
| 11 | Er because if you do n't actually make out formal applications , you know come your retirement nothing will happen . |
| 12 | Christine could now make out charred patches of hull and the seams where metal plates had been hyperglued together . |
| 13 | About a hundred and fifty yards away I could just make out three figures crossing at the corner of the field and approaching the road in our direction . |
| 14 | Can you make out any links ? |
| 15 | The window was so small that until his eyes became accustomed to the dim light Fowler could make out few details . |
| 16 | In the dimness of the rooms Dexter made out blurred figures and machinery bedecked with lights , knobs and dials . |
| 17 | She made out thick bundles of fibres . |
| 18 | Mr King said : ‘ While Mr Kinnock and his front-benchers make out that Labour is a party which believes in nuclear defence , behind them the back benches are packed with those who believe exactly the opposite . |
| 19 | If you do not have such information available , you will have to start by making out phonetic workcharts and from them check lists . |
| 20 | Closer to them , it was possible to make out individual characteristics ; to see that they had trailing leaves instead of hair and huge , reaching branches instead of arms . |
| 21 | The sand felt firm here under his feet and he dog-paddled while checking the depth before easing on shore to lie with his chin on pebbles at the water 's edge , hearing the talk of sentries and just able to make out two figures behind a wall beyond the beach . |
| 22 | At the same meeting at which the Vial memorandum was read , on 6 September 1791 , a letter to the secretary from Messrs Kirkman and Hendy ( who were present ) was produced : ‘ Sir , In consequence of your Advertisement we beg leave to inform you , that we have contracted with Lord Camden for about 100 acres of building land , near [ Old ] St Pancras Church , abutting on the Turnpike Road leading to Kentish Town , which is intended to be called Camden Town conceiving the situation eligible for your truly valuable Institution we request you will lay this our proposal before the Society — We hold this Land under his Lordship for 99 years from Michaelmas last , the three first subject to no Ground Rent , our proposal is , that Lord Camden does and he will under our direction grant the Society a lease for 99 years from that time , the three first subject to no rent but for the remainder of the term an Annual Rent of thirty pounds per acre , should this proposal meet with approbation , the Society have only to direct their Surveyor to make out any quantity of land and in what position they conceive will best answer their purpose ’ . |
| 23 | But his eyes were still fixed on the little bed , trying to make out any movement in or upon it . |
| 24 | And another : ‘ it was not easy to make out Little Dorrit 's face , she was so retiring , a delicately bent head , a tiny form , a quick little pair of busy hands , what affection in her words , what compassion in her repressed tears , what a great soul of fidelity within her , how true the light that shed false brightness round her ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ I think I 'll get you to make out several cheques . |