Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [verb] [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | With continually varied climbing it proves interesting and improbable to the last . |
| 2 | But , providing it survives these and other perils , it will be possible for the executive to bring about significant public policy change . |
| 3 | You can apply it to language learning by getting it to produce selected and sorted check lists or lists of words containing a particular sound/symbol you wish to drill . |
| 4 | Fenella fastened the garment about her waist , by no means sure that this would be sufficient , expecting it to feel uncomfortable and even grisly . |
| 5 | A powerful chemical could be used to dissolve the dirt allowing it to run clear and this is the application of chemical energy . |
| 6 | The shoe should flatter the foot , making it appear narrower and more elegant than it is . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Sunlight burnished the surface of the grey-green water , making it seem dense and yet clear , like melted glass . |
| 9 | Sun and salt water are equally drying and a combination of all three can prove harmful to your hair leaving it looking dull and frizzy and very much the worse-for-wear . |
| 10 | The court heard he ignored professional advice that the animal should have an operation , leaving it to suffer chronic and constant pain . |
| 11 | And lying in a bath of Almond and Mallow will soothe your skin , leaving it feeling soft and supple . |