Example sentences of "[verb] a nice [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | he used an illustration of the pig , you know you can polish the pig up , you can clean it , you can scrub it , you can oh de cologne it , you can do all sorts of things with it , you can tie a nice pink ribbon around it and you can put it in a palace , but it 's still a pig and it lives like a pig and you can cl and no matter how clean you 've made it , it 'll soon find some dirt to wallow in and the ribbon might make it look nice in the show ground but it does n't make any difference to its nature and so it is with us and so Jesus did n't start on the outside , but he starts at the inside he deals with the route of the problem , in One Corinthians chapter fifteen and in verse three it says for I deliver to you as a first importance , this is the basic thing , he says to them this was the first thing that I said to you because it was the most important that Christ died for our sins , according to the scripture , what ever else Christ gives to us , what ever else he does for us , what ever else the gospel produces , the basic , the most important , the fundamental thing is that Christ died for our sins . |
| 2 | The cafés provide a nice easy introduction to the delights and puzzles of Japan . |
| 3 | After a time , Agnes said thoughtfully : ‘ That boy 's no fool , keeping a nice big ace in the hole in case Six wo n't play ball . |
| 4 | I want a nice peaceful drive across the fields , thank you very much . |
| 5 | I want a nice curved edge so it 's kiddie proof . |
| 6 | Keep those poll entries coming , I want a nice fat emailbag . |
| 7 | I want a nice shiny bit . |
| 8 | ‘ There 's lots o' seats to set up and they want a nice big pulpit built , ’ the Nark continued , beginning to enjoy himself despite the possible danger to their freedom . |
| 9 | You want a nice smooth curve . |
| 10 | You want a nice little bit of lawn there . |
| 11 | We found a nice level spot under some pine trees with a bed of soft pine needles facing the lake and soon after dark we were happy to crawl under the sleeping blankets . |
| 12 | That looks a nice little house there , across there , it looks a big house actually |
| 13 | The Detroit Symphony Hall adds a nice ambient bloom to a typically spacious Chandos recording . |
| 14 | ( Mary Magdalen is found to be an altogether more sympathetic role model ; she has a nice plain earthiness which seems to make more sense of our actual lived experience . ) |
| 15 | And he would have approved of Jones ' description of this mammoth work as ‘ a map of Mr Average ’ — it has a nice statistical ring to it . |
| 16 | You can then do a nice little shot to get closer on the hoop with red |
| 17 | ‘ I was rather hoping you 'd do a nice follow-up photo session for me ’ , he said slyly . |
| 18 | She just wanted to cause a nice little miscarriage , did she ? |
| 19 | It seemed a nice safe topic . |
| 20 | ‘ You 'll be wanting a nice engraved invitation next . |
| 21 | A driven pass by Strach mid way in the Leeds half in the right back area — to Wallace who played a nice cushioned header into McAllisters run . |
| 22 | But no , he 's made a nice good job of the |
| 23 | Our , our machine made a nice classical knitwear , these made the more specialized things like this . |
| 24 | You can not sit back in your little room writing a nice romantic story about loving couples . |
| 25 | He did look a nice old cat , they seem to be a nice |
| 26 | You 'd like a nice sticky bun and some tea , would n't you ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Would your friend like a nice hot kipper ? ’ asked Mrs Burbanks the landlady solicitously , on the grounds that foreigners , however well they spoke English , would never understand it . |
| 28 | ‘ Would yer like a nice hot cup of tea , Miss Fate ? ’ |
| 29 | There was n't any new town or anything and er they 'd built those er Council houses in the front in and he also erm , he said would I like a nice new house , to have plenty of hot water for the boys for bathing and everything , so I moved into a four bedroom and er I was there , er brought my family up there for , till er , unfortunately my mother came to live with me and unfortunately erm I had to go away erm because I was n't very well on a holiday and I was called back cos she was found dead on the toilet my poor mother and er after that erm I came back and erm , in the middle of the week from holiday , oh bother it will it be okay ? |
| 30 | Ah 'd like a nice cool pint of that Southwold brew . ’ |