Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She heard a sound in the hall behind her and then Gordon was pulling at the hall door , opening it wider and shouting . |
| 2 | She wondered whether Bryony was offended ; perhaps she thought Carolyn was criticizing them for not keeping it cleaner . |
| 3 | Lower a too-high ceiling by painting it darker . |
| 4 | The drizzle was already soaking it darker . |
| 5 | Rather than moving back to a more conventional approach based on genuine consultation , it had opted for a system giving it greater control . |
| 6 | And , as a result , giving it better driving stability , reduced fuel consumption and lower noise levels . |
| 7 | Because of exclamation mark , and despite the lower case " w " , I read the first clause as complete , thus giving it fuller deictic impact . |
| 8 | Rewards for good ideas , as part of Stoddard 's ‘ Doing It Better ’ scheme , were presented to six employees by Rod Turnbull , Group Managing Director . |
| 9 | The ‘ Doing It Better ’ scheme does not operate continuously . |
| 10 | John Kelly , Bobbin Boy operates the new yarn stripping machine developed by Hugh Flynn , Maintenance Fitter , as part of the ‘ Doing It Better ’ scheme . |
| 11 | I remember when I worked at Ollerton colliery in the constituency of the hon. Member for Sherwood ( Mr. Stewart ) that the management had to use haulage bogeys to take fresh water to the miners , who were drinking it faster than it could be ferried to them . |
| 12 | Taking It Further |
| 13 | The following extract is exactly as written : ‘ When I tell you that something you use every day could be put to better use — and that using it better could help you to win greater influence , more respect and higher status , promotion and a larger income … it could widen your circle of friends and possibly even secure you fame and power — you might well be curious to know what that ‘ something ’ is … |
| 14 | If the control knobs had been placed half an inch or so higher then the selector could be placed below them , thus bringing it nearer to the player 's right hand . |
| 15 | Overall , the poly graduate unemployment rate ( excluding short-term employment ) was down from 9.2 per cent to 6.9 per cent , bringing it closer than ever before to the university unemployment rate , which was 5.3 per cent in 1988 . |
| 16 | It was n't just that he was pitching it lower . |
| 17 | They take it in turns to crouch in a cardboard box — edging it closer and closer to the track . |
| 18 | Making it smoother next time |
| 19 | In looking for a situation , Allen recalled reading that a script was more likely to be accepted if there were few characters and few scene changes , making it cheaper to produce . |
| 20 | Perhaps if the National Front had been excluded , the racism they stand for would have had to be faced up to , ‘ making it worse ’ for those very genteel people in charge of education . |
| 21 | It was a Christian colleague in the English Faculty who said , ‘ The problem of pain is quite bad enough without Lewis making it worse . ’ |
| 22 | Indeed , all parties except ours seemed reconciled to this collapse of the public finances , though some had proposals for making it worse . |
| 23 | This strategy enabled the various members of the family to see the difficulty of the younger daughter 's task , and the part everyone played in making it worse . |
| 24 | Yeah but it 's still making me confused I 'm thinking about too much at once it 's making it worse . |
| 25 | He must be careful that the new rules he lays down fit well enough with rules established by others or likely to be established in the future that the total set of rules will work together and make the situation better rather than pulling in opposite directions and making it worse . |
| 26 | ‘ I want a go , ’ demanded Belinda , trying to wipe the sticky pink mess from her face and hands but only succeeding in making it worse . |
| 27 | She was making it worse for herself but could n't help it . |
| 28 | Arthur Sando from Swindon lent a hand with the rescue , then helped to flag down traffic to prevent it making it worse . |
| 29 | You have to remember that Americans only found this endemic American music in the '60s when they began listening to English groups , who were doing something really important , which was taking black music and making it louder . |
| 30 | Parents can record the intensity of the problem , for example whining and moaning as opposed to screaming , on the same chart by colouring the tick or making it bigger . |