Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a nice [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want a nice curved edge so it 's kiddie proof . |
| 2 | I want a nice peaceful drive across the fields , thank you very much . |
| 3 | Keep those poll entries coming , I want a nice fat emailbag . |
| 4 | I want a nice shiny bit . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | The next day was the big event and I wore a nice new dress in blue and fawn which I bought from Shepherd 's in Barnard Castle . |
| 7 | I love a nice tall glass of milk . |
| 8 | Three hours earlier a lilting voice had told me that I had a nice big cock . |
| 9 | One minute I had a nice clean case bust wide open , stiff sentences all round and bonus promotion points for yours truly . |
| 10 | I likes a nice tidy pair of shoe , anywhere special . |
| 11 | John rests his not-inconsiderable front on the glass counter of the gun display which offers a nice little Derringer for the wife , or a thirty-eight special . |
| 12 | You want a nice smooth curve . |
| 13 | You want a nice little bit of lawn there . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ Would yer like a nice hot cup of tea , Miss Fate ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Would n't you like a nice little baby like that ? ’ |
| 18 | His final words were that she needed a nice long holiday after a few days in bed . |
| 19 | Look , do n't you 'ave a nice romantic book , one that 's called a novel ? |
| 20 | ‘ That gave the free-lovers a bit of a turn , ’ admitted Constance , ‘ but they think if you apply a nice hygienic bit of clingfilm , everything 'll be all right . |
| 21 | And you bought a nice little case there . |
| 22 | Sampling all the expensive-looking sachets , courtesy of the hotel , she had a nice refreshing shower , and , still wrapped in a bath sheet , repacked her case . |
| 23 | You had a nice long sleep . |
| 24 | Erm and you were saying earlier Mike , that this in effect is an , an internal contract and you have a nice little story about some initials behind someone 's desk , which you 'd |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | We had a nice young man come round |
| 27 | Ever since the Wesleys brought their message into the western dales , Methodism had been the strongest religion around here and we had a nice little chapel in the dale . |
| 28 | We dried it outside ; we had a nice little laundry place . |
| 29 | We had a nice old house , quite large , red-brick . |
| 30 | We buy a nice little time manager thing , with little pink elephants in it , and goodness knows what , and we spend eight hundred pounds to get something to tell us how to time manage , and you really get enthusiastic about this for three months , and then you put it in the drawer and go back to your diary . |