Example sentences of "make out the [num] " in BNC.

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1 He could just make out the two rows of cottages and the fields beyond them .
2 Straining his eyes , he could just make out the two boxes which were stacked in the far corner of the room and a picture frame which was propped up against them .
3 The Scapegoat had been secured by ‘ wrists ’ and ‘ ankles ’ to the inner ring and Wycliffe thought he could make out the four points where the ropes had been .
4 Then he made out the thousands of tiny rings that studded the ceiling .
5 The glass in the photo frame still held together but it was difficult to make out the five faces beneath .
6 It was just possible to make out the 300 foot radio mast at the Davistow Airfield , an ex-military airfield well worth a visit , offering splendid moorland isolation and three concrete runways , the longest being 1550 metres .
7 And he just about managed to make out the three words uttered by Sheriff James Farrell : ‘ You are discharged . ’
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