Example sentences of "[modal v] just make out a " 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 drop down to half-moon Rhossili Bay below me was almost sheer , and the sea was striped with shimmering blue and white as endlessly long parallel lines of surf moved in slow motion towards the expanse of sand , on which I could just make out a few figures as tiny specks .
4 I could just make out a figure wheeling a bicycle up the drive .
5 As they drew nearer John could just make out a plate on which the number 173 was discernible .
6 Almost — but I could just make out a narrow stretch half-way over where the water flowed smooth and fast with each swell .
7 Blanche could just make out a flabby shape in the back seat .
8 The cubicle was thick with fragranced fog but he could just make out a dark hunched shape on the floor near the door .
9 Along it , Theodora could just make out a lone rider heading back to the stable .
10 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 .
11 Robert could just make out a thin line of boys struggling through the trees at the edge of the horizon .
12 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 .
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