Example sentences of "[pers pn] a lovely [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll tell you a lovely story when we had the Queen at the day before when we had had the dress rehearsal I 'd been out to erm London to pick erm up an old lady who 's now dead , who very seldom got out and was pretty well house-bound to come and see the rehearsal as a little Sunday treat |
| 2 | ‘ I 've brought you a lovely cup of tea , Mum , ’ I said . |
| 3 | Well someone gave me a lovely address in erm mm |
| 4 | Although a lifelong Labour voter , influenced by the poverty she saw as a teacher , Mrs Hughes spoke of how Mrs Thatcher ‘ gave me a lovely tour of No 10 and I thought she was such a nice person ’ . |
| 5 | The Emperor Napoleon got a good deal because France would have had to give it up sooner or later anyway , and I got a good deal because Louisiana gave me a lovely companion for life with all the legendary charms of your people . " |
| 6 | ‘ You 've ruined my Gnome costume and perhaps lost me a lovely bicycle . ’ |
| 7 | And you 're so anxious to justify yourself , that you answer the question , and then you go on to tell me all the background behind it , and in so doing you give me a lovely piece of information which I did n't actually have when you walked into the room . |
| 8 | And he sent me a lovely Mother 's Day card |
| 9 | I was able to follow up that evening , for my father gave me a lovely chrysanthemum bloom from his greenhouse and the next day I took it to her home and asked her mother , who opened the door to my rather nervous knock , if she would give it to her daughter . |
| 10 | She gave me a lovely book on musical composer 's last year which must have cost her a bomb . |
| 11 | Another story — the charming Silford Hall tells of a happy visit which a little boy once paid to a country mansion , and how the kind housekeeper showed him round the picture gallery , and gave him a lovely dinner in the servants ' hall ; Crabbe had himself been that humble little boy . |
| 12 | We love her so much and want to give her a lovely home . |
| 13 | Was it a lovely surprise ? ’ |
| 14 | Is n't it a lovely song ? |
| 15 | Is n't it a lovely conservatory ? |
| 16 | Yeah , lovely , ai n't it a lovely club , two people |
| 17 | Visitors found it a lovely house , full of air and hospitality . |
| 18 | ‘ Is n't it a lovely article ? |
| 19 | Is n't he a lovely doggy ! |
| 20 | ‘ Is n't he a lovely boy ? ’ said Bobby . |
| 21 | Yes and you used to give us a lovely meal every night |