Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a nice [noun sg] " 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 And er I like to think that if you 'd bought a nice full-nose Morris in nineteen forty five , and you wanted a replacement in nineteen ninety , you 'd have still got a reasonable Metro would n't you ?
6 ‘ After we 'd had a nice dinner together , we 'd go into Richard 's studio and we 'd put on music .
7 If he 'd had a nice meal by the fire and the box to watch and no screaming and yelling he 'd have stayed in like Hoomey .
8 I did ask if they 'd had a nice meal , but Lisabeth just ‘ harrumphed ’ so I dropped the subject and told them instead that I was going to meet Duncan and collect Salome 's car .
9 I mean she she might want to buy a nice desk .
10 Erm , on appendix B , erm there is an item which erm members of the committee erm will know about very well it 's the laboratory services that we give and have a great relate to them , erm the item goes under seven I believe , the figures there have dropped , is that because we 'd had a successful income erm there , we 've got a hundred and ten thousand for both up ninety two and ninety three and ninety , sorry ninety two three and ninety three ninety four , is it that er , could we know or are we estimating that we 're going to get a nice income because we have been told in earlier reports that this is quite a good slice of income to us and those figures are amended accordingly is that right ?
11 I 'm going to have a nice steak for my tea tonight and then it 's dancing with the missus .
12 Well I 'm hoping I 'm going to have a nice week but it Mavis , my housekeeper 's away until Wednesday so I ca n't leave the house during the day .
13 ‘ We were going to have a nice family Christmas .
14 But we just you know like Saturday night we really enjoy making a nice meal and having a nice bottle of wine or something and doing something
15 I like to see a nice shine .
16 She began to dial a Nice number .
17 What would you like to do have a nice sandwich for lunch and then later on have something proper .
18 Dr. Briant says he was born to have a nice way with him . ’
19 Shoreline produce a nice range of non-toxic self-coloured ‘ ceramic ’ ornaments which take the form of ruined castles or rocky structures in brown or grey .
20 She 'd have liked a nice cup of milky tea .
21 I think it actually does end up by saying have a nice day .
22 Well , we 're gardeners obviously trained to provide a nice working environment .
23 Personally , I think that in choosing to wed a nice girl like Eunice Gray and have a son he made a very sensible move .
24 Very quick it was but we did have a nice bath did n't
25 Its bed and furniture were entirely homely , however , and perhaps not as dainty as the elegant young French lady might like , but it did have a nice view of the hustle and bustle of Newington Butts , and Mrs Beavis always reckoned that if you could see life going on from your window , you could n't grumble too much about not having dainty furniture .
26 Do have a nice weekend . ’
27 However , in compensation I did find a nice silver hammered halfpenny of Henry V and a few rose farthings .
28 It should transpire that twice a week those who cared could learn to cook ; but apparently Millie herself was to be given no choice ; she was sent , with another five girls , to the kitchen at three o'clock and , there , came under the influence of Sister Cecilia , to whom God had given a nice nature and a light pair of hands with pastry .
29 ‘ And you 've done a nice supper . ’
30 ‘ You 've done a nice job here . ’
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