Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: I usually make the paste runny by adding a teaspoon or two of diluted Lectade to a small tin of food.

Modifies a noun

• nose: The first signs are usually a cold or runny nose, followed by a fever.

• Poo: Since doing this the runny poos seem to be stopping.

• poo: For the last 24 hours at least one of them, don't know which has had diarrhea or at least rather runny poo.

• yolk: You want your eggs over easy, poached, boiled, runny yolks?

• honey: Heat is usually the main factor in causing runny honey.

• tummy: I did use veg oil in his food for a while but it gave him a runny tummy so I had to stop.

Modifying Another Word

• slightly: Cook until the eggs are still slightly runny in the middle.

• too: Nice for lunch - I had salmon quiche with salad - not too runny which is how I prefer it.

• quite: Mix well until it gets quite runny and sticky.

• very: The fluid that had come away earlier was in fact a ' show ' albeit a very runny one!

• still: Simmer gently for about 3 minutes until the egg is cooked, but the yolk is still runny.

• really: His diapers have been constantly really runny ( sorry ) for months.

Used with adjective complement

• become: Warm the marmalade in a small pan until it becomes runny.

• get: If the paint gets too runny you've had it!

• go: As long as the mixture doesn't go runny then stir it in, along with 2 dessertspoons of caster sugar.