Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] be nice " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tea would be nice . |
| 2 | No , ordinary tea would be nice , thank you . |
| 3 | My initial reaction was to write back thanking him for his time etc and making a few followup points , but Ive come round to the idea a personal meeting might be nice : - ) ) |
| 4 | My initial reaction was to write back thanking him for his time etc and making a few followup points , but Ive come round to the idea a personal meeting might be nice : - ) ) |
| 5 | ‘ A glass of water would be nice . ’ |
| 6 | A bit of amber nectar would be nice . |
| 7 | shed will be nice and dry now , there 'll be no water leaking in |
| 8 | As he says , even a letter of acknowledgement would be nice . |
| 9 | ‘ Incriminating documents in Blenkinsop 's handwriting would be nice , ’ said Milton . |
| 10 | ‘ A shirt would be nice . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ A foursome would be nice , ’ she mused , ‘ and look at it this way , we can be your chaperons . ’ |
| 12 | A Glasgow chief constable once remarked : ‘ Life would be nice and tranquil in this city if all our citizens behaved as well as the Jewish people . ‘ |
| 13 | ‘ A wash would be nice , ’ he said . |
| 14 | ‘ Sherry would be nice , thank you . ’ |
| 15 | very pretty er calendar would be nice . |
| 16 | Now that allowance would be nice if it bore some relationship to what was allowed in the estimated er , figures . |
| 17 | Conversation would be nice . |
| 18 | We thought the trip would be nice for him , ’ Bella said . |
| 19 | Looking ahead , I suppose travel would be nice , if only the opportunity arose and I had the courage to go with it . |
| 20 | er dry ginger would be nice |
| 21 | It is hard to believe that an inhabitant of the political jungle can be nice ; but in his case all those qualities that we heap under the label of niceness are aspects of the real man . |
| 22 | A cup of coffee would be nice , I said . |
| 23 | ‘ Coffee would be nice . ’ |
| 24 | She squelched through the mud at a half-trot and hoped with all her heart that someone , after all this agony , would be in ; a kind , exceptionally friendly family would be nice ; the elder son could be a brilliant mechanic and would mend her jeep with the proverbial wave of his spanner , the mother could be a fantastic cook . |
| 25 | A garage would be nice and as we 've got two cars so although a garage is vital if we as long as we can get them off the road that would be an advantage |