Example sentences of "[be] [verb] a nice [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You 're making a nice job of massacring those burgers , ’ her companion yelled at her man .
2 And ‘ Oh , I am having a nice time ! ’ he exclaimed to her .
3 I 'm looking a nice person .
4 I 'm promised a nice piece of rump steak with saute potatoes .
5 But now Cleese breaks his silence to talk about fame , fortune and ‘ the fear of not being thought a nice chap ’ and in the process makes a remarkable offer to the press
6 ‘ The crippling thing is the fear of not being thought a nice chap .
7 Harvey said , ‘ You were having a nice chat about Turgenev .
8 He said he hoped we were having a nice time and could we leave the keys with Mrs Stewart please .
9 Rupert 's having a nice time after school cleaning the desks .
10 He tells her that America is very hot but he is having a nice time .
11 Anybody you know , er it sometimes does work , very keen on a nice appearance you see , that the drug be have a nice appearance and so the had silver coated .
12 ’ And ‘ Gun Hire ’ this week is toting a nice Parabellum .
13 Dot was n't allowed into Mrs Parvis 's kitchen except at the regulation meal-times and she was n't sure about how food was prepared , but she was pretty certain that when Mrs Parvis cooked what was called a nice egg-dish , it was made from an orange coloured powder spooned up from a deep cylindrical tin .
14 He was having a nice seaside holiday with the added pleasure of Auguste 's presence and without that of murder .
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