Example sentences of "it [be] nice [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was never any good at lecturing so it 's nice to be good at something . ’ |
| 2 | erm It keeps it going that way because you know , six games unbeaten , it 's nice , it 's nice to be unbeaten , but we just have n't won enough have we ? |
| 3 | Training alone has never bothered me at all , but it 's nice to be able to go down the pub for a good chinwag after a session . ’ |
| 4 | But it 's nice to be able to get an unexpected comment . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's nice to be able to say that I saw that big right coming but Ruddock did n't , in fact I do n't think he saw anything that came his way . |
| 6 | I came from a pretty poorish background and now it 's nice to be able to give my parents money , and let them do things like go on holiday . |
| 7 | It 's nice to be able to say that is n't it really ? |
| 8 | But it 's nice to be able to invent the stories as well . |
| 9 | ABBERLEY : It 's nice to be able to talk , is n't it ? |
| 10 | It 's nice to be able to walk by the river and walk through the buildings and greenhouses . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've also got to know Whitby very well and it 's nice to be able to put that knowledge to good use . ’ |
| 12 | It 's nice to be able to walk across the road but I find that people are complaining because they 're not able to park . |
| 13 | Oh I 'm sure it would mean an awful lot to them and the fact that you 're so successful coming out of Ireland would mean a lot to them as well you know and er er it 's nice to be able to er you know to do that for them if they 've been over here living for you know some of them have never been back maybe and some of them have never seen Ireland because maybe their their parents or their grandparents came from there . |
| 14 | I 'm still not keen on that side of it — it 's nice to be popular , it 's nice to be loved , but it 's not so nice to be chased round and to be on the front page of the paper every day of your life , with people climbing over the wall all day long . |
| 15 | Mother replied , ‘ But it is nice to be different ; people are all different and it would be boring if we all looked the same . ’ |
| 16 | He says it is nice to be able to help her and asks : ‘ You do n't mind it , darling , when I want to talk to you so much ? ’ |
| 17 | At a time when galleries are retrenching or closing , it is nice to be able to report this exciting European link forged by the energetic Hue-Williams , and to note the arrival of Marianne Holtermann , private dealer in modern and contemporary art , who has opened an office above Bolger Carpets at 31 New Bond Street . |
| 18 | As other galleries close , it is nice to be able to report that Milch has reopened in a new location in Bloomsbury . |
| 19 | Having uncovered so much that is praiseworthy so far it is nice to be able to carry on and commend the sound . |
| 20 | With so much gloom on the railways at present it is nice to be able to add one cheerful note . |
| 21 | It is nice to be able to end with some good news . |
| 22 | It was nice to be alone with him in Faye and Bill 's room , even though they were only doing the most mundane of jobs — stripping bed linen , dismantling head- and base-boards , and struggling with the big double mattress . |
| 23 | And you want to know what it was like being fêted by the Stones and Led Zep , and how in ‘ 61 Bob Dylan got his first Greenwich Village pro gig with John Lee ( and was apparently pissed off because the man from the New York Times was far more interested in rapping with the bluesman ) , but he just says it was nice to be able to put young Bob on the bandstand . |
| 24 | If you were near the front , it was nice to be able to have a roll-up and drink your tea slowly and wake up a bit . |
| 25 | You were allowed so few clothes that it was nice to be able to wear something different . |
| 26 | It was nice to be able to tell the complete truth for once . |