Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] a nice " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has had a nice break and , who knows , if it rains there they can shut the shop ! ’ he added . |
| 2 | I rather gather Geoffrey , my youngest , has got a nice mare showing . |
| 3 | The rewards will be improvements in the quality of relationships and in the effectiveness of the school , measuring how the school has become a nicer place for all , calls for changes to be shown across a range of measures : |
| 4 | She comes back and tells the others her dad has found a nice man who has agreed to fly him and Paul and John to Florida in his plane . |
| 5 | ‘ While everyone wants to have a nice looking bass , I think you have to get your priorities in order . |
| 6 | But no , he 's made a nice good job of the |
| 7 | Men might say , ‘ She 's got a nice pair . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll give you your letter back , miss — unread , ’ the police-sergeant told Rosalind , with a grin , ‘ but I 'd like to keep the envelope , please , because it 's got a nice glossy surface and the man your sister saw stealing bulbs has left two lovely big fingerprints on it , which may or may not enable us to find out who he is , but will certainly prove whether the gardener who was sacked as the thief is innocent . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's got a nice face , ’ I said . |
| 10 | I like the Rivera because I can drive it quite hard at low level and it 's got a nice warm sound . |
| 11 | It 's got a nice little swimming pool although evidently it looks really nice on the photograph because it looks like a big rectangular one . |
| 12 | " He 's got a nice voice and he can play anything by ear . |
| 13 | Alison 's got a nice fifteen three bay , very smart . |
| 14 | God bless , R.J. PS Please water ( and of course eat ) the tomatoes PPS Yaxlee says he 's got a nice young bay cob if you want to hack . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've always rather liked the idea of being a ‘ distressed gentlewoman ’ — it 's got a nice old-world sound about it . |
| 16 | Oh yes , erm I think it was generally , er , they had to match the colouring of the rooms that they 'd got , the furniture they 'd got really because as far as the room was concerned er when , when the , new houses came onto the erm , ready for occupation , er they were all cream coloured inside and anyway and pale cream so they , they 'd got er any choice they wanted there it , really it was just to match their curtains , match their carpets , all their furnishings and erm , of course I suppose they , the rose coloured ones er went better than say the lemon coloured one and that because er people just er liked the idea of moving into a place that 's got a nice cosy glow in it , place sort of thing , but we never sell any at all , there 's , none of that type of fitting in , sold now . |
| 17 | if it 's got a nice |
| 18 | Under a Labour chairman who 's who 's got a nice job somewhere else now , I understand . |
| 19 | I know she 's got a nice figure . |
| 20 | he 's got a nice |
| 21 | Yeah he 's got a nice suit . |
| 22 | That 's okay he 's got a nice |
| 23 | Oh he 's got a nice shirt on . |
| 24 | And compared to me she 's a much better person than I 've ever been , she is , she 's wonderful , in , but granddad 's got a nice nature , granddad and that 's , that 's probably where she get 's it from , I 'm not . |
| 25 | It 's got a nice edge has n't it look ? |
| 26 | Yeah , my sister 's got a nice tan . |
| 27 | I mean he 's got a nice house there , he does n't want it erm |
| 28 | Banker 's got a nice track |
| 29 | She 's got a nice pair of legs ai n't she ? |
| 30 | Warren 's got a nice bum . |