Example sentences of "it [was/were] nice [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | You were allowed so few clothes that it was nice to be able to wear something different . |
| 5 | It was nice to be able to tell the complete truth for once . |