Example sentences of "have a nice [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 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 . ) |
| 2 | And he would have approved of Jones ' description of this mammoth work as ‘ a map of Mr Average ’ — it has a nice statistical ring to it . |
| 3 | You 've had a nice lazy day today . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Sit down , my dear , sit down , ’ she said , ‘ and we 'll have a nice hot cup of tea . |
| 6 | You shall have a nice cool bath . ’ |
| 7 | You can have a nice little sleep in the car . |
| 8 | But with a bit of money spent you could have a nice little spinney there — be pretty in the spring . |
| 9 | Then I think we 'd be in business , then I 'm sure you 'd have a nice little earner on your hands . |
| 10 | This time next year you you 'll have a good you 'll have a nice little hedge there then . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ My word , you are having a nice long holiday ! |
| 13 | It seemed to be of horsemen having a nice peaceful ride in the wood — picnickers , almost — until I discovered the animal , when it became perfectly clear that it had been a hunting scene all along . |
| 14 | Well , we 're having a nice proper dinner . |
| 15 | The boys , Paul and Nasey , had not been interested , but played the game to win and stuck with their father in the need to have a nice warm house and meals . |
| 16 | Now , I expect you 'll both want to have a nice cold shower — so I 'll leave you to get on with it , ’ he added , giving them another of his slow , friendly smiles before he , too , made his way back to the larger house . |
| 17 | ‘ While everyone wants to have a nice looking bass , I think you have to get your priorities in order . |
| 18 | erm There does seem to be a sort of slight discrepancy in the idea of us trying to have a nice clean city and then the people on the allotments committee continuing to build bonfires. erm And it is possible that they perhaps , they have n't in fact any alternative way of getting rid of their rubbish , on the allotments site . |
| 19 | ‘ When Señor Mitchell gets back I would like us all to have a nice little trip , ’ she announced , sitting and smiling round almost as if she could see them . |
| 20 | We had a nice young man come round |
| 21 | You had a nice long sleep . |
| 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 | Well I knew it was but it the fact that it had a nice easy switch in the base was something that I 'd been looking for . |
| 24 | Three hours earlier a lilting voice had told me that I had a nice big cock . |
| 25 | Well he had a nice little T V. |
| 26 | She said , I went out full th , presumably she and Elimelech had a nice little nest egg , they had a comfortable bank balance , they had plenty , we went out full but now she comes back empty . |
| 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 picked up some customer projects — like the Metro Turbo and some Toyota work — and had a nice little business ticking away . |
| 30 | We had a nice old house , quite large , red-brick . |