Example sentences of "but it [be] nice [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have the finest peo band of men looking after our fire service so I have never had any doubt , I did n't really need this report to tell me , but it is nice to see it written down , to see just exactly what they 're doing . |
| 2 | ‘ It can be difficult handling the residents at times , but it is nice to know that without CATH , they would otherwise be sleeping in the car parks or shop doorways ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ But it is nice to think our old friends in New Zealand would help us out . |
| 4 | In real life he would have been sued for millions and his story turned into a mini-series , but it 's nice to dream . |
| 5 | ‘ Not so much but it 's nice to see a good match . ’ |
| 6 | I know I did n't , but it 's nice to say in n it ? |
| 7 | We 're moving to Shanghai with mixed feelings , as we 've heard we 'll be staying in the Peace Hotel , in the noisy centre of the city , but it 's nice to feel now that we are moving on to the home stretch . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't take it out very often but it 's nice to have , to know that you can go anywhere you want if you feel like it . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm used to Nigel now , ’ Elinor explained to me , ‘ but it 's nice to have a change . ’ |
| 10 | Not that the Ariadne had any intention of going anywhere but it 's nice to have a solid reason to stay put . ’ |
| 11 | And there are some people actually on the beach as well , which I think is important because we 've got a lot of empty area here , fairly featureless area , but it 's nice to have these two or three people er dotted around on the beach . |
| 12 | I like communication skills best , but it 's nice to have a wide choice of subjects . |
| 13 | But it 's nice to stand out there in the warm steam , getting warm . |
| 14 | Yeah , but it 's nice to boost up the list |
| 15 | I do n't know about Augusta being my territory but it 's nice to come somewhere where you have won before , obviously , and live off the memories … |
| 16 | ‘ It 's a tragedy to see what 's happening to it but it 's nice to know the council is trying to do something , ’ she said . |
| 17 | I 've always done plenty of bowling in the nets , but it 's nice to know that people still rate you . ’ |
| 18 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |
| 19 | No thank you , but it 's nice to get used to my new image in your mirrors . |
| 20 | But it 's nice to get out one of the world 's master batsmen . ’ |
| 21 | But it 's nice to get back on the right tracks and now we have to keep it up against Stockport on Tuesday . |
| 22 | But it was nice to see all these old geezers with huge noses treating him as if he was a man . |
| 23 | We er we got very close to beating Bellevue at Bellevue which was okay I mean everybody 's a bit rusty so and we were experimenting with tyres and everything and er it was only a challenge , but it was nice to get the first meeting on the way and er I was very impressed by some of er the team members of what I saw , I knew er team mate Dean Bargger was doing particularly well scoring 11 points and er he 's really a promising er youngster which I think we can get a lot of use out of , and er in general I mean you know Ellis Stevens was doing particularly well as well , so if those two can keep doing well during the season , then okay mine had a few problems , she only scored 3 points , but that was just a one-off so yeah I thing we look quite strong on paper again now . |
| 24 | It was noisy and crowded but it was nice to have it so and Alan need n't have worried that she 'd dislike that . |
| 25 | I was n't thinking specifically of old Leeds managers , with a couple of noteable exceptions , but it was nice to have a lot of my favourite ever players included in the same message ! ! |
| 26 | But it was nice to know the crowd appreciated my performance . ’ |