Adjective complement with noun phrase

• find: The staff were very far from apologetic - in fact the man I talked to seemed to find the whole thing slightly amusing even.

Infinitive complement

• watch: Throughout the set Dan was up to his old tricks of leading his band a merry dance, which was quite amusing to watch.

• see: It is quite amusing to see some of the miracles the plan has achieved.

• hear: It's always amusing to hear the interview subject ask, " You can record on an iPod?

• note: Amusing to note my family now reads the studio log to find out what it is I do up here.

Modifies a noun

• anecdote: Your next door neighbor will have an amusing anecdote about how a teaspoon of Jack Daniels absolutely cured her kids ' teething issues.

• ourselves: Amusing Ourselves into a Fit About 700 Japanese young people, mostly aged three to twenty, were hospitalized in mid-December with seizure-like symptoms.

• banter: Top-notch performances combined with Black's wickedly amusing banter and a plot laden with twists and turns make this action-thriller a treat.

• tale: Here are some amusing tales from real people to warm your cockles the next time you think your day can't get any worse.

• antic: Perhaps I need a troupe of clowns to follow me round and perform their amusing antics when I'm looking a little peaky.

• diversion: But it is nothing more than an amusing diversion.

Modifying Another Word

• mildly: A montage of mildly amusing clips set to ' All the wild things ' music.

• vaguely: It also has the occasional vaguely amusing caption " Mild steel.

• faintly: Always find it faintly amusing that most places we go Max can say " I used to go out with a girl from here.

• quite: Letters: Dear Paulo a-n Magazine October 2005 Yes we did find your comments quite amusing in our post match knees up.

• highly: Arriving at Scots night stone cold sober at midnight is highly amusing.

• rather: There is also an Easter Egg, which is rather amusing.

Used with adjective complement

• prove: The comments on the uniform and the quality of the food endured on some of the farms proved quite amusing.

• find: I should also share the inspiration for Kirsty's dream, which I found quite amusing: There are two muffins in an oven.

• seem: They are allowed to gossip about everything, and the writers have the knack of making the merest trifles seem amusing.