Example sentences of "[vb infin] 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 | You can then do a nice little shot to get closer on the hoop with red |
| 3 | ‘ I was rather hoping you 'd do a nice follow-up photo session for me ’ , he said slyly . |
| 4 | He did look a nice old cat , they seem to be a nice |
| 5 | You 'd like a nice sticky bun and some tea , would n't you ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Would yer like a nice hot cup of tea , Miss Fate ? ’ |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | Ah 'd like a nice cool pint of that Southwold brew . ’ |
| 10 | Needless to say , nobody knew , but the bidding went up in units ( people do like a nice round unit for this type of speculation ) of £500,000 . |
| 11 | ‘ Would n't you like a nice little baby like that ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd like a nice big Dog , please , ’ said the monster , walking into the pet shop . |
| 13 | Bubbles , who Pauline rightly describes as ‘ the ultimate multi-purpose pony ’ has won prizes for dressage and showing , is driven regularly and has produced a lovely colt foal who should make a nice working hunter pony . |
| 14 | Would n't that make a nice little story ? ’ |
| 15 | What I wanted was to go home and take a nice long rest . |
| 16 | Anyway IF ( again that word ) we buy the guys then I go let Newsome go and let Mel take a nice handy coaching job in the 3rd division . |
| 17 | They would come over from Belfast to stay with us in the summers sometimes ; my father used to get on well with Harmsworth , and because I looked after Esmerelda they could have a nice relaxing holiday here . |
| 18 | ‘ Sit down , my dear , sit down , ’ she said , ‘ and we 'll have a nice hot cup of tea . |
| 19 | You shall have a nice cool bath . ’ |
| 20 | You can have a nice little sleep in the car . |
| 21 | But with a bit of money spent you could have a nice little spinney there — be pretty in the spring . |
| 22 | Then I think we 'd be in business , then I 'm sure you 'd have a nice little earner on your hands . |
| 23 | This time next year you you 'll have a good you 'll have a nice little hedge there then . |
| 24 | I think we 'll just have a nice quiet day today erm there 's a little bit of a snag because I do n't quite know what we 're going to do about all these children that like to go to the library . |
| 25 | Is the speed that people sip/guzzle beer or other intoxicating liquor and therefore the speed they get pissed directly proportional to their desire/need to press on in their resolving of life 's problems ? — which could mean a nice early death ! |
| 26 | Look , do n't you 'ave a nice romantic book , one that 's called a novel ? |
| 27 | So let's pick a nice simple acid . |
| 28 | We 'd save a nice few quid then , would n't we ? |
| 29 | Does Hammett remember his mum 's birthday , and does he drive a nice medium-sized Ford ? |
| 30 | He hoped it would be his last sharp-end posting ; that he 'd get a nice political appointment with the chance to make a lot of bucks . |