Example sentences of "[verb] the nice [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modigliani moved in to be with her for the last few days and at the end of November Jeanne entered the Nice Maternity Hospital . |
| 2 | Most people find life a mixture of nice and nasty experiences and behaviour is aimed at maximizing the nice experiences and minimizing the nasty ones . |
| 3 | Right so it 's not just that the National Party want the people on the ground to choose the nice addresses . |
| 4 | The difference has spawned the nice turn of phrase ‘ security by accomplishment ’ , rather than by secrecy — which means keeping scientifically ahead of the Soviets by remaining free to move speedily , rather than by emulating their deadening security mania . |
| 5 | And Peggy now patted her grandmother 's hand , saying , ‘ If one could only remember the nice things , the pleasant things , and let others go by ; but it 's always the reverse : the unpleasant things grow like weeds and choke any nice memory you might harbour . ’ |
| 6 | Do you like the nice biscuits ? |
| 7 | But for many people is n't it the case that the the church wedding is an an and the promises made the vows made before God and er before the the congregation , for many people they 're just a sort of rather erm oh dear how can I put it rather a flimsy frippery erm that they just feel it 's essential to have so that they can have the nice pictures and and look back on on a church wedding . |
| 8 | While I was lying there staring at the ceiling counting the number of tiles I heard a girl going ‘ ouch , ouch that hurts ’ , when I looked over she was having difficulty with the needle going in and I noticed she was barely gripping the nice bit of perspex . |
| 9 | It would pay the rent and keep the nice Mr Nassim Nassim off my back for another month . |
| 10 | And the older you get , and you should know that you just take the nice bits out of life . |
| 11 | She wrapped it round my shoulders at once , ignoring my protests , splashed the nice smell around , propped up a couple of magazines to combat the gloom , and divided the grapes into two bunches . |
| 12 | Owen : That 's what we were thinking , not detention … but why should the people who misbehave have the nice things here like pool and table tennis ? |
| 13 | I mean he might occasionally want to move it a foot , but there would be no way he 'd be able to make the nice adjustments in that way . |
| 14 | You may want to make the nice gesture , which was made to me when I first moved into a flat and I have repeated myself whenever I have moved , of leaving a plant or a box of chocolates and a note wishing the next occupants a happy life in your former home . |
| 15 | ‘ C'm on and see the nice Tele-Vision , whatever that is . ’ |
| 16 | And you see the nice people coming in and not getting really |