Example sentences of "could just [verb] out [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The cubicle was thick with fragranced fog but he could just make out a dark hunched shape on the floor near the door . |
2 | Almost — but I could just make out a narrow stretch half-way over where the water flowed smooth and fast with each swell . |
3 | Blanche could just make out a flabby shape in the back seat . |
4 | Robert could just make out a thin line of boys struggling through the trees at the edge of the horizon . |
5 | Along it , Theodora could just make out a lone rider heading back to the stable . |
6 | He could just make out the great empty arch of the east window and beyond it the shimmer of the North Sea while above , seeming to move through and over it like a censer , swung the smudged yellow disc of the moon . |
7 | By peering hard in the same direction , I could just make out the faint flicker of a distant plane . |
8 | Between the ranks of bared heads ( one or another of which would occasionally turn to take a quick glance of inspection at his own face ) he could just make out the graceful figure of Mrs Wright herself , kneeling on a hassock in front of the table . |
9 | It even had a name , he could just make out the tiny print . |
10 | As he gazed out , down the enormous length of the ship , he could just make out the dark outline against the lighter sea , and the rectangular shapes of the deck-covered containers . |
11 | Through the open door Zen could just make out the huge ornate crucifix above the high altar . |
12 | Through the middle kitchen window he could just make out the open gate , the wooden ramp covering the steps and the first huge saddle-back sow ambling down into the yard . |
13 | The smoke enveloped the beast completely , and yet through the smoke , as they got very close , Little Billy could just make out the enormous black shadow of some hairy monster . |
14 | I took a few cautious steps forward to where , by craning , I could just make out the ghostly crescent of the beach opposite the pier . |
15 | He lifted his head and , in the semi-darkness , she could just make out the wry smile that touched the corners of his mouth . |
16 | Yes , through the gloom she could just make out the dried-up fountain in the middle of it , and , straight ahead , the huge studded doors of a church . |