Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He undid the buttons of his shirt and shrugged it from his shoulders , letting it fall unheeded to the floor . |
| 2 | If you are going to have a gravel path , you have the choice of either vibrating sand into the hardcore to form a firm surface for the gravel , or of laying the gravel directly on to the hardcore , and letting it fill any spaces it can get into . |
| 3 | He did not bother to shut it , letting it swing open behind him . |
| 4 | ‘ Old people bringing something out of the attic they 've never cared for , and then seeing it fetch thousands of pounds at auction . |
| 5 | Glasgow offers an excellent Higher Education infrastructure and the Agency 's Technology Programme aims to build on this strength by helping it develop stronger links with key high technology companies . |
| 6 | These conditioners contain a resin that coats each hair strand , making it appear fuller . |
| 7 | In recent years there have been many attacks on what is sometimes called the classic realist novel on similar grounds : that far from being a means of communication it is a means of ideological domination and repression , reproducing on the cultural level the processes of industrial capitalism , making its audience passive consumers , reconciling them to their alienated state instead of liberating them from it , by making it appear normal or natural . |
| 8 | There was a freshness and gaiety about her which lit up the brothel , making it appear dismal by comparison . |
| 9 | The shoe should flatter the foot , making it appear narrower and more elegant than it is . |
| 10 | Applied in haircare products it coats the hair , making it feel softer , but it can not alter the hair 's structure . |
| 11 | Most air cleaners remove pollen , dust , fibres , feathers and down , soot and cigarette smoke from the air , making it feel fresher . |
| 12 | " The secret of the small garden is getting the balance right — making it feel interesting enough , so that it 's not just a small patch of ground , " she says . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll only be a moment … and maybe we 'll do an extra blood-sugar reading in a little while to make sure being upset is n't making it go wonky . ’ |
| 14 | Atheists , who have destroyed the continuum by insisting that death is the end , have failed to take into account that this arid conclusion must feed back into life as it is lived , making it seem haphazard and futile and emphasising its injustices . |
| 15 | In contrast to the psychological rationalization , an ideological rationalization can refer to the socially shared content of ideology : in particular it can refer to the son of ideology , which seeks to explain the social world by making it seem rational . |
| 16 | Sunlight burnished the surface of the grey-green water , making it seem dense and yet clear , like melted glass . |
| 17 | Making the new situation attractive is not the same as making it seem attractive . |
| 18 | Claire emphasizes ‘ journal ’ , making it sound posh . |
| 19 | She watched his hands on the wheel , wanting them touching her , stroking her skin , caressing her body and making it come alive . |
| 20 | I 'll sit there and watch some guy and go , ‘ Man , the work that must have gone into that ! ’ and they 're just whizzing right along making it look easy , but at the same time it does n't make those hairs stand up . |
| 21 | They 'd fly right across the tube , riding the gravity gradients , making it look easy . |
| 22 | It was cloudy and cooler at first after overnight rain and a light tailwind seemed to blow Holmann of Norway down the course as he took long slow strides to the first win of the day , making it look easy . |
| 23 | It should be laid with care , preferably by an expert , so that there are no gaps , creases or folds which will cause the carpet to wear quickly in those places as well as making it look unsightly . |
| 24 | Having produced the fake , there is then the problem of making it look old . |
| 25 | This clever idea allows the pit to be shut away when not in use , making it look attractive while keeping the sand clean at the same time . |