Example sentences of "could make [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They could make up the England rugby pack . ’
2 After much negotiation , the Welsh Wool Marketing Board agreed to a special arrangement whereby the Cambrian Mill could make up the Ashley 's own wool into cloth as long as this was not sold , but used only for demonstration models and pattern samples .
3 I could make up the detections that his presence lost me in a matter of days , and if he thinks he is going to see any wheeling and dealing when he is sitting in , well he 's naive !
4 I could make out the Headmaster 's fancy brick chimneys , three shaped like corkscrews , three with brick diamond patterns , also the black branches of the elm tree shining wetly in the light of a precinct lamp-post .
5 A few yards through the gloom I could make out the shape of a hedge and what appeared to be the entrance to a sunken road .
6 Gradually , almost imperceptibly , the light strengthened and soon he could make out the shape of boats , the mexeflote causeway and the patchwork of woods and fields on the island .
7 From the front window I saw Jo climb into the BMW and as the interior light went on , I could make out the shape of the man driving .
8 He looked up at the house and through a dormer window he could make out the outline of a figure , seated and immobile , facing the sea .
9 She could make out the man now .
10 I could make out the tracery of blonde down on the edge of her cheek .
11 But as far as I could make out the Ambassador was away .
12 The windows were obscured by curtains , but if I strained my eyes I thought I could make out the shadow of a figure standing behind them , never moving .
13 Most of it was double-dutch to me but I could make out the names entered in columns .
14 Over on the other side they could make out the chimney of the paper works among rising woods .
15 Suddenly , beyond , in the black solidity she could make out the pattern in the sun-whitened rocks : the lips of craters .
16 At the edge of hearing , as she turned back into her room , she could make out the shuffling of crockery .
17 If they strained their eyes they could make out the clusters of houses and farmyards that were Suardal to the north , the pencil-thin bars of smoke already rising from them and the meagre herds moving across the open country like ants .
18 I could make out the spot where my dad had stood that night .
19 It was dark down below , but she could make out the shapes of beer kegs .
20 The fields shone a new green in the sun , and the air which for days had been hazy had been cleaned by the rain so that I could make out the shapes of sheep grazing near the old Coal Road above Cowgill as I walked down the lane .
21 Anne could make out the ridges of her sister 's knuckles .
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