Example sentences of "a lovely " in BNC.
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| 1 | Productions such as Oh , What a Lovely War offer many opportunities for voice and body training to be displayed effectively , particularly as the quick character sketches in this show mean that an actor may play several parts in one evening . |
| 2 | Before going to RADA I had been encouraged at my school in school plays , which included Oh , What a Lovely War . |
| 3 | ‘ It will be a lovely surprise for them both when they come in , Rita 's chance at last . |
| 4 | I 've got a lovely mirror . |
| 5 | I do n't mind saying I think he 's a lovely gentleman ! ’ |
| 6 | I always did say Mr Merrivale was a lovely young man ! ’ |
| 7 | It 's a lovely photograph — I still carry it around with me . |
| 8 | Ornamental cabbages can make a lovely late display , and they adore heavy soil . |
| 9 | But it 's well worth it : sweet and juicy with a lovely flavour and large fruits , three or even two to a pound . |
| 10 | Combine this with a seat at the water 's edge and you have a lovely place to sit and admire the distant views and your new-look garden . |
| 11 | It should make a lovely display against ‘ Black Beauty ’ , another very distinctive pansy . |
| 12 | I have a lovely plant of Rosa glauca which is often admired by my friends . |
| 13 | He told her she had a lovely body and when she went to bed with him , she said ( he 'd find out about it anyway and drop her ) : |
| 14 | ‘ That was a lovely party . |
| 15 | Young Donald — his eyes were clear black-brown , like a lochan stained with peat , his hair was curly like a bull 's poll , and he had been a lovely lad until his father went away , clever with his hands , whittling pieces of wood and glueing them to make little windmills and watermills . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's a lovely colour . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It ’ s a lovely morning . ’ |
| 18 | Would I one day show people this jacket and say that it had been a lovely afternoon in Central Park when he gave it to me and , in closing , would I say that as he disappeared into the trees , I never saw Oscar Wilde again ? |
| 19 | It is , however , a lovely feeling to be cutting through timber with the slightest of pressure . |
| 20 | Graham led a lovely rib , slabby and clean , though it did n't test our mettle too severely . |
| 21 | ‘ What a lovely baby-waby , ’ she said , in a silly voice . |
| 22 | But it 's a lovely feeling when you finally find you can do it . |
| 23 | It seems extraordinarily right that he should have died , suddenly and without struggle , on a lovely day , gazing from the Catbells ridge over Newlands to the Derwent Fells . |
| 24 | Aged 49 , married , and living in Croydon and Eastbourne — ‘ a lovely place ’ — she seems to personify the Radio 2 listener . |
| 25 | Asked if he felt embarrassed , Mr Maxwell said , ‘ I am as keen as a lovely lady . ’ |
| 26 | That was more a reflection on Dead Certain 's ring rustiness than her stamina and Asmussen said : ‘ She 's a very good filly and I 'm sure she 'll stay the Guineas mile because she 's got such a lovely relaxed temperament . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't know , all I know is Johnny Mathis did it , and it 's a lovely song . |
| 28 | As at all his power stations , Scott faced the building in a fine Worcestershire brick that has weathered to a lovely pinky-brown . |
| 29 | At Alcala 's adult education centre , one toothless old woman in slippers sang her a flamenco lament about a lovely but strong-headed girl from the next village who was stabbed seven times by her jealous husband . |
| 30 | On one occasion during field-work a father who needed to be present while his young son was being questioned at the station instructed his child to ‘ Tell these f'ing black bastards nothin' ’ , and when told that that was a lovely way to bring up his son replied , ‘ Aye , and I 'll keep bringing him up that way ’ ( FN 11/7/87 , p. 9 ) . |