Example sentences of "[modal v] just make [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he ran through the list , he could just make out the wording of the certificate over the mantelpiece : ‘ Ancient Guild of Foresters ’ . |
| 2 | In the semi-darkness , Delaney could just make out the Russian 's face . |
| 3 | Howarth could just make out the shape of what looked like a small purse , a lipstick , a folded sheet of paper . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | He could just make out the bottom of the iron saucepan in which the mussels were still boiling for his guests . |
| 9 | He could just make out the sand dunes now , a blond strip on the far side of the lake , a good ten miles away . |
| 10 | The dirty chipped name plate was difficult to read but he could just make out the word Nettles on it . |
| 11 | He could just make out the chicken . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He could just make out the name in spite of the peeling paint . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She could just make out the shepherd resting beneath a tree , and the tranquillity of the scene helped to make her feel less frantic . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | A large spider 's web occupied one corner of the room near the ceiling and he could just make out the spider lurking there , quite motionless ; emulating Mr Micawber , waiting for something to turn up . |
| 19 | I could just make out the spot he indicated . |
| 20 | It was very dark , I could just make out the path and some trees . |
| 21 | He could just make out the railway embankment from here , but not the station or the building that used to be the Turk 's Head . |
| 22 | Looking towards the middle of the room he could just make out the hulk of the engine , even more dense than the surrounding dark . |
| 23 | I can just make out the Ridgery in the distance . |
| 24 | ‘ You can just make out the division markings on the walls where they 've joined the units . ’ |
| 25 | Someone upstairs is playing a record — I can just make out the thumping of the drum . |
| 26 | 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 . |