Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [adv] make [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I could just make out the spot he indicated . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | By peering hard in the same direction , I could just make out the faint flicker of a distant plane . |
| 5 | From the tiny amount of light leaking around the door behind me , I could just make out the boards of the platform I stood on , and the first few feet of three narrow walkways emerging from the gloom , one cutting sharply away to my right , another straight ahead and a third branching left off this a few yards along . |
| 6 | It was very dark , I could just make out the path and some trees . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | To my left was a rough wooden handrail , below , to right and left , I could now make out the grey slopes of two of the conical pits formed by the vault of the transept beneath — the floor under the catwalk was really a negative ceiling — but , apart from a yard or two near the edge , it was completely submerged in nest , as was the catwalk itself a few steps further in . |
| 9 | The driver 's cab reminded me of the bridge ofa ship and , as in mid-ocean looking into infinity , I could almost make out the curve in the surface of the earth . |
| 10 | He lifted his head and , in the semi-darkness , she could just make out the wry smile that touched the corners of his mouth . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She could just make out the shepherd resting beneath a tree , and the tranquillity of the scene helped to make her feel less frantic . |
| 14 | To her right , as her eyes adjusted to the faint lifting of the darkness , she could just make out the first steps of the spiral tower staircase . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Although we could barely make out the carcass 300 metres away from us , the vultures , high above the reach of our binocular-aided vision , could see it clearly . |
| 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 | As he ran through the list , he could just make out the wording of the certificate over the mantelpiece : ‘ Ancient Guild of Foresters ’ . |
| 19 | Looking towards the middle of the room he could just make out the hulk of the engine , even more dense than the surrounding dark . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The dirty chipped name plate was difficult to read but he could just make out the word Nettles on it . |
| 23 | He could just make out the chicken . |
| 24 | He could just make out the name in spite of the peeling paint . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He could just make out the sand dunes now , a blond strip on the far side of the lake , a good ten miles away . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He could just make out the two rows of cottages and the fields beyond them . |
| 29 | Straining his eyes , he could just make out the two boxes which were stacked in the far corner of the room and a picture frame which was propped up against them . |
| 30 | 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 . |