Example sentences of "could [verb] out a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could make out a couple of dozen large buildings . |
| 2 | But as his eyes grew accustomed to it he could make out a hand protruding from the open lounge doorway . |
| 3 | The Doctor followed the narrow road down through a small valley , before climbing back up towards a bare hilltop where he could make out a number of tiny wooden crosses , like a forest of lifeless bonsai trees . |
| 4 | I could make out a younger Conchis in the centre , wearing a straw hat and shorts , and there was one woman , a peasant-woman , though not Maria , because she was Maria 's age in the photo and it was plainly twenty or thirty years old . |
| 5 | I could make out a sort of close-fitting purple cap on the back of her head . |
| 6 | And now it was out of its glass frame he could make out a faded signature at the bottom : |
| 7 | The cloth inside muffled the noise , but when he got close to the window he could make out a human voice . |
| 8 | Both sides could make out a case that they deserved to win and should have been awarded penalties . |
| 9 | He still feels he could eke out a result without him . |
| 10 | When begged to return , he relented only on condition he could carry out a remarkable experiment : the so-called oprichnina , Ivan designated something like one-third of the country , carved out of scattered towns and provinces , as his personal domain , and set up a new administration to subject it to his personal will . |
| 11 | Not a man with a strong nerve , and certainly on the surface not one who could carry out a cold-blooded murder . |
| 12 | Citing " informed Sudanese sources " the Egyptian paper Al-Sharq al-Awsat of Feb. 6 reported that 41 military officers had been arrested on Feb. 2 before they could carry out a plan to bomb the general staff headquarters during a meeting of the country 's military leaders . |
| 13 | So you could send out a dozen business cards now |
| 14 | That was exactly what Emily had felt each week asking for her housekeeping ; now she could work out a budget to suit herself . |
| 15 | If the car was still moving , police could work out a safe time and location to intercept it . |
| 16 | Well we could work out a , a general thing we use brackets and see what happens . |
| 17 | Enterprise intends to make free supplies of Highgate Mild and M&B Mild available so that pubs could try out a new Bass beer for their range . |
| 18 | Everyone could cut out a beam that small , it 's child 's play . ’ |
| 19 | So I could write out a cheque saying paid Carl sixty pounds for doing my car . |
| 20 | ‘ I was wondering if you could put out a message over the public address system to tell him I 'm here . |
| 21 | The broom plant , it may be noted , was supposed to possess magical qualities as well as being a useful implement at home : the broom stick — that is , the green broom — could sweep out a room or carry a witch . |
| 22 | She would hide them beneath her underwear until she could figure out a better place . |
| 23 | We could spell out a warning message — not with stones , but with ourselves ! ’ |
| 24 | No doubt in each discipline my colleagues could single out a handful of seminal projects . |
| 25 | ‘ You could find out a whole lot more about his feelings if you had dinner here — at the same time he has dinner . |
| 26 | Others never managed to penetrate his reserve , for he had a deep suspicion of others who could turn out a compliment at will or turn a barbed shaft with a sally of their own , and above all he hated pomposity and egotism ; this goes far to explain his view of Churchill and of F. E. Smith . |
| 27 | ‘ It could turn out a wet sail . |