Example sentences of "make out the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he squinted his eyes , he could just make out the greyness of the roof between the trees and here and there the stony finger of a chimney-stack . |
| 2 | He could just make out the bottom of the iron saucepan in which the mussels were still boiling for his guests . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | From where she was standing , she could just about make out the shape of Patrick 's cap as he hurried down the back lane . |
| 6 | Howarth could just make out the shape of what looked like a small purse , a lipstick , a folded sheet of paper . |
| 7 | Looking south , Huy could just make out the shape of the wall surrounding the palace compound , and remembered that quiet and contentment existed in reality for very few , and then only for a fraction of the time one spends under this sun . |
| 8 | Briefly , as she followed Lucenzo across the marble floor , she caught a glimpse inside a dark , spacious room where she could just make out the shape of elegant furniture and banners hanging from a painted ceiling lit by the light from the hall . |
| 9 | She could just make out the shape of the fork stuck in the ground , the bulbs scattered around as she had left them , and as the moon disappeared behind the clouds she shivered and a feeling of desolation flooded over her . |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't see why not , ’ replied Geoffrey , moving through the gloom to a desk on which Loretta could just make out the shape of a lamp . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He could just make out the outline of the figure in front of him , sweeping its heavy cape to one side , then something smashed into the side of his head . |
| 14 | Turning to the north-east , I could just make out the lines of the walls of Siri , the first completely new city to be built by the Muslim conquerors in the Delhi plains . |
| 15 | Behind us we could just make out the glimmer of lamplight from the tiny hotel on Lake Pehoe , where we should be dining on river trout , bife chorizo and good Chilean pinot noir before the night was out . |
| 16 | I could make out the tracery of blonde down on the edge of her cheek . |
| 17 | As he ran through the list , he could just make out the wording of the certificate over the mantelpiece : ‘ Ancient Guild of Foresters ’ . |
| 18 | I could just make out the figure of a boy , running from the house on the right , who was joined by a group of people from the other . |
| 19 | In so far as I can make out the policy of the Labour party , it is to give the business rate back to local authorities . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The photograph is not very sharp , but the shape of the window behind her is recognizable at once , and in the over-exposed whiteness beyond the glass I can just make out the roof of the Scottish Office and the aerials on top of the Admiralty . |
| 22 | She could not make out the patch of canary-coloured light on the opposite wall , could not make out why the sun was shining and why her brown-stained hand , on the sheet , would not move for cold . |
| 23 | Peering closely at the page , though , he thought he could still make out the shapes of the words , or enough shapes to allow a quick and hostile mind to piece together the whole sentence . |
| 24 | It was dark down below , but she could make out the shapes of beer kegs . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | At the edge of hearing , as she turned back into her room , she could make out the shuffling of crockery . |
| 27 | Anne could make out the ridges of her sister 's knuckles . |
| 28 | Looking towards the middle of the room he could just make out the hulk of the engine , even more dense than the surrounding dark . |
| 29 | Over on the other side they could make out the chimney of the paper works among rising woods . |
| 30 | 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 . |