Example sentences of "[vb mod] just make out [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 At that point he becomes marginally important to my future , and I might just make out a client sheet for him .
2 ‘ AT THE top of Wears Hill we could just make out a signpost , pointing inland to Ashley Chase .
3 The design was n't very clear , but she could just make out a building shaped like a tower , she thought , tracing the outline with her fingertip , and beneath it a flower which might or might not be a rose .
4 As they drew nearer John could just make out a plate on which the number 173 was discernible .
5 I could just make out a figure wheeling a bicycle up the drive .
6 As he ran through the list , he could just make out the wording of the certificate over the mantelpiece : ‘ Ancient Guild of Foresters ’ .
7 In the semi-darkness , Delaney could just make out the Russian 's face .
8 Howarth could just make out the shape of what looked like a small purse , a lipstick , a folded sheet of paper .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 ‘ 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 .
13 He could just make out the bottom of the iron saucepan in which the mussels were still boiling for his guests .
14 He could just make out the sand dunes now , a blond strip on the far side of the lake , a good ten miles away .
15 The dirty chipped name plate was difficult to read but he could just make out the word Nettles on it .
16 He could just make out the chicken .
17 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 .
18 He could just make out the name in spite of the peeling paint .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 She could just make out the shepherd resting beneath a tree , and the tranquillity of the scene helped to make her feel less frantic .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 I could just make out the spot he indicated .
25 It was very dark , I could just make out the path and some trees .
26 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 .
27 Looking towards the middle of the room he could just make out the hulk of the engine , even more dense than the surrounding dark .
28 Mind you , I still think that now on the way back from a long hill-walk when I can just make out a dot that is the car .
29 I can just make out the Ridgery in the distance .
30 ‘ You can just make out the division markings on the walls where they 've joined the units . ’
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