Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a nice [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll see your mum has a nice cup of tea waiting for you ’ |
| 2 | Now , with players like Hassler , Reuter and Moller emerging , Klinsmann confirming his European Championship promise and Augenthaler re-emerging from the shadows as libero , the side has a nice balance between youth and experience . |
| 3 | Considered as a whole the pictures provide a nice illustration of transition to turbulence . |
| 4 | The Old Testament has a nice line in vituperation of other cultures and their beliefs when its writers suggest that non-Israelites worship , not the true God , but satyrs or he-goats or demons … . |
| 5 | At first , these trips offer a nice novelty value , but the realisation that the oversea navigation is by tracking the VOR needle and watching an almost indistinguishable horizon of sea and sky takes away the pleasure of the flight , especially if it is a day trip and the local wines can not be enjoyed . |
| 6 | Les Echo managed a nice increase in financial advertising , but elsewhere volumes were flat erm , and so the revenue increased has depended on er , rate increases , changes in the mix or circulation revenue , with a mixture of cover price increases and some increases in circulation . |
| 7 | Denis Irwin chipped a nice ball to Steve Staunton on the left wing and Aldridge got on the end of a fiercely-driven centre . |
| 8 | It would be a pity to spoil a nice face like yours . |
| 9 | Van Gogh went for sunflowers … and Turner liked a nice boat … but these are the favoured subject of Huang Youngping . |
| 10 | The Art Gallery had a nice exhibition about slices of NZ history done on a ‘ time-travel ’ theme ; a teenage girl travels back to visit Abel Tasman 's ship , Joseph Banks ’ study etc and sends aerograms ‘ home ’ , full of description but made realistic with 20th century NZ teenage jargon . |
| 11 | Or use a mnemonic , for example ‘ Mrs Vera Evans Marches , Jumps and Skips Using a Nice Pogo-stick ’ gives the order of planets in our solar system . |
| 12 | She said has Warren got a nice bum ? |
| 13 | It 's a distinctive and barren spot ; an episode of Dr Who was once filmed here , and the local surfers do a nice line in Cyberman jokes . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , Mama had a nice line in that , as well as Papa , ’ said McAllister , remembering for once to use the past tense when speaking of her parents . |
| 15 | From what I can see I do n't think Lottie wants a nice man . |
| 16 | This creamy pâté makes a nice alternative to the usual cheese and egg sandwich fillings . |
| 17 | A physical science student showed a nice awareness of the science/arts hierarchy when , talking about her brother who was doing a Fine Art degree , she said |
| 18 | ‘ Jack seems a nice man . ’ |
| 19 | It is no use having a nice display if people ca n't see it , but I ca n't afford to have this sort of thing happen again . ’ |
| 20 | After all , until the last century Westminster Hall was used for royal banquets and coronation feasts ; surely it would be possible for people to order a nice cup of tea there . |
| 21 | The lamb had a nice expression rather like a kitten 's . |
| 22 | The grouse turn a nice shade of red and fall from the sky but the halt in the action when the trigger is pulled is very noticeable . |
| 23 | More and more Nigerians also take advantage of the price differences to do a nice business smuggling goods across the border into the franc zone . |
| 24 | He 's lying down on the floor having a nice lie down are n't you Toby ? |
| 25 | Add a bit of orange peel , it you like , and a crushed dried and seeded chilli gives a nice flavour . |
| 26 | ‘ But I would like enough money to have a nice home of my own — and to be able to set my mother and my brothers up somewhere else . |
| 27 | Formal paved areas in the garden provide a nice contrast to the freely curving growth of the plants but , however well laid the paving stones , tiles or bricks , sooner or later weeds sprout through the cracks , and it is either a case of weedkiller , not popular with organic gardeners , or constant weeding , which scrapes fingertips and breaks nails . |
| 28 | ‘ Would not your children like a nice pet to take back to England ? ’ |
| 29 | A brown sedge and floating line took a nice trout of 8lb 3ozs for Billy Stewart , Carrickfergus , while , Martin Coard , Belfast took a good brace at 7lb 12ozs and 6lb 8ozs on a Black Buzzer . |
| 30 | John Major had a nice smile , Douglas Hurd carried himself well , while Michael Heseltine was dishy . |