A nice enough lad, she considered, but not very able to cope.

"Get in my hack and drive it, like a nice lad."

But he's a nice lad and if my daughter brought him home I'd be delighted.

We are different now, none of us the same nice lads who left home ten months ago.

He changed from being a nice lad into being violent.

Thoroughly nice lad; but not the one for you, in my opinion.

And she knew by now he was a nice, steady lad with a career as a wizard ahead of him.

"You're a nice lad," I said and patted his shoulder.

They were nice lads who'd had every reason to expect a nice, normal baby.

My sister's son is a nice lad, and we're always happy to have him visit.