Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [art] nice [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and not the back of the photograph , otherwise you 'll get yourself in all sorts of difficulties and it may make a nice editorial , nice letters to the editor , but it would be very irritating to the editor , because they hate having mistakes pointed out to them , and that 's picture perspective . |
| 2 | This definition would make central to pragmatics a notion of appropriateness or felicity : ( 14 ) Pragmatics is the study of the ability of language users to pair sentences with the contexts in which they would be appropriate Such a definition should have a nice ring to it , from the point of view of those who wish to place pragmatics on a par with other aspects of linguistic inquiry . |
| 3 | And tha tha th th a doctor should have a nice personality ! |
| 4 | A recollection of John Davies , the minister for Europe in Heath 's cabinet , indicated the mood , ‘ We were at home in Cheshire , and I said to my wife and children that we should have a nice time , because I deeply believed then that it was the last Christmas of its kind that we would enjoy . ’ , |
| 5 | ‘ We 're looking forward to it and it 'll make a nice day out for Jennifer . ’ |
| 6 | Yeah , I think it 'll make a nice change |
| 7 | queries ? okay We 'll have a nice lunch . |
| 8 | ‘ When this is over we 'll have a nice home , Anne , I promise , ’ he said , as she slipped her arms round his neck and kissed him again . |
| 9 | Wonder if we 'll have a nice day tomorrow again . |
| 10 | . Here , have your breakfast then we 'll have a nice bath cos mummy 's got a lady coming to see her today about a job . |
| 11 | That 'll have a nice sound with you eating crisps |
| 12 | You 'll have a nice walk ready for your lunch . |
| 13 | You 'll be fine by the time Jim and Ellis turn up and you 'll have a nice evening poring over clues . |
| 14 | Well he 'll have a nice lot of money when he finished being Prime Minister . |
| 15 | You 'll have a nice bruise there ? |
| 16 | ‘ OK , let's go back to the hotel , then we 'll have a nice cup of tea . ’ |
| 17 | I hope he 'll have a nice Christmas . |
| 18 | then we 'll have a nice Christmas tree again . |
| 19 | ‘ Now put the kettle on Polly an' we 'll 'ave a nice cuppa tea then Katie an' me 'll get cracking . ’ |
| 20 | If I 'm going down to the pub with my mates , I will probably just wear jeans but , again , I 'll wear a nice shirt and smart shoes . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , Katy , we 'll all go to the wedding and we 'll find a nice dress for you to wear . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We could build a nice garden there . ’ |
| 23 | Oh I could fancy a nice horse . |
| 24 | Yeah cos I looked in ours and I said to our Joe I 'd like a nice dress . |
| 25 | ‘ No , I would n't let you , you 'd say thank you very much , the fees are this price , and I 'd like a nice flat of my own with carpets going right up to the wall and no counting how much electric fire we use . ’ |
| 26 | For example , an elder saying ‘ I 'd like a nice cup of tea ’ is clearly linking motivational energy with an imagined object in a way that helps the person to take the action necessary to fulfil the desire . |
| 27 | Maura wished that she could meet a nice bloke and get right out of it . |
| 28 | Erm I 'd have one aga , I mean , I wa I wanted mine for Alan 's wedding so I could have a nice tan for , with my suit . |
| 29 | We thought we 'd have a nice family evening in front of the television . ’ |
| 30 | You could drink a nice cup of tea , could n't you ? |