Example sentences of "[modal v] make out a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could make out a couple of dozen large buildings . |
| 2 | Both sides could make out a case that they deserved to win and should have been awarded penalties . |
| 3 | But as his eyes grew accustomed to it he could make out a hand protruding from the open lounge doorway . |
| 4 | The Doctor followed the narrow road down through a small valley , before climbing back up towards a bare hilltop where he could make out a number of tiny wooden crosses , like a forest of lifeless bonsai trees . |
| 5 | I could make out a sort of close-fitting purple cap on the back of her head . |
| 6 | You concealed knowledge of a deserter , you actually helped him stay deserted , and They can make out a case for saying you still are . |
| 7 | The area had been given an unfair image by ‘ so far as I can make out a group of tearaways who are , at the moment , completely uncontrollable . |
| 8 | The curving windows at the stern are freckled with spray ; through one of them you can make out a set of fat capstans and a listless macaroni of sodden rope . |
| 9 | As illustrated in Figure 1.9 , we can make out a number of levels more basic than this ; the electronic circuits themselves , the logical functions ( such as gates and flipflops ) , and the functional units ( such as adders and registers ) . |