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 . |