Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [modal v] just make out " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Dorcas pointed to the shadows at the far end of the shed , where she could just make out something big and indistinct . |
| 3 | At that point he becomes marginally important to my future , and I might just make out a client sheet for him . |
| 4 | A large spider 's web occupied one corner of the room near the ceiling and he could just make out the spider lurking there , quite motionless ; emulating Mr Micawber , waiting for something to turn up . |
| 5 | It came at him again , and he could just make out that it was part of his bunk , one of the side panels . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | The dirty chipped name plate was difficult to read but he could just make out the word Nettles on it . |
| 9 | The cubicle was thick with fragranced fog but he could just make out a dark hunched shape on the floor near the door . |
| 10 | Since he could just make out where he was going , he decided not to use the front light , which in any case would be bound to draw attention to him . |
| 11 | 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 . |