Example sentences of "could n't [verb] out what " in BNC.
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1 | I could n't make out what was going on so I began walking towards the image , binoculars pressed to my eyes . |
2 | He heard him speak some words , but he could n't make out what they were ; he then saw him bend and kiss her , not on the cheek but on the lips . |
3 | Every now and again the music would cut for a couple of seconds and there would be some faint , whispered phrase that would haunt its way down the wire , but she could n't make out what was said . |
4 | But this time the door had been closed all the way , and she could n't make out what was being said . |
5 | She could n't make out what he was saying , though ; the door was too thick . |
6 | We could n't make out what was wrong . |
7 | Then I heard Quigley 's low bass , but could n't make out what he was saying . |
8 | I could hear vague noises for a bit , but even straining I could n't make out what they were , and they could have been just noises on the line . |
9 | There was definitely a something in Jordan 's voice , but Coffin could n't make out what it meant . |
10 | in big red writing it said snacks , and one er , I could n't make out what |
11 | and then that was it and then a bit later on , that was all they said about me haircut and then during the break somebody else said , there 's something else gone as well and they could n't make out what it what done mine in , my musical director he come , he says you know what will look nice now with that haircut do n't you ? |
12 | ‘ Owen always seemed to have an enormous amount of mail at Stratford and would come straight from the stage door to the green room , clutching a handful of letters which he would clasp to his body in a special way which I had n't realised he did until I started drawing this picture and could n't work out what to do with the arms . |
13 | I could n't work out what she meant by this . |
14 | Pand it 's actually pan dee mon ium which is quite interest I could n't work out what it really meant , pan demon , across demons , well that does n't make much sense but you 'll see why it 's called pandemonium , in the conventional sense , model . |
15 | I could n't work out what you were talking about . |
16 | I told the cleaning ladies and they came up and said , twiddled around with it and said that they could n't work out what was wrong and they were gon na get some engineers in or something , engineers ? |
17 | but they , they passed the driving test first time and you know er , they could n't find out what it |
18 | we we could n't find out what 's wrong with it . |
19 | She might close her eyes but she could n't blot out what had happened the night before . |
20 | Her clothes were spread out all over the bed , and at first she could n't figure out what they were doing there . |
21 | But for all his new acquaintance 's mildness there was something about him that made Hugh uneasy , and for the life of him he could n't figure out what it was . |
22 | it 's erm , please leave your name and number , and the postal area code and I could n't figure out what they meant , your post code , or what , anyway , I sort , I , I left this long pause , shut your face I left this really long pause , and it just like clicked off before I could leave my phone number , so they 've got my , my answer and my names , but they have n't got my phone number , so I thought well , that 's not much good , they ca n't phone you , can they ? |