Example sentences of "[pron] have to [be] cruel to " in BNC.

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1 You have to be cruel to be kind
2 You have to be cruel to be kind .
3 As the neck of the pigeon clears the neck of the suit , I grab it , double it back and pinch the bend as hard as I can — remembering you have to be cruel to be kind — scratching my own neck quite badly in the process .
4 ‘ Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind .
5 George did not like being firm with Lennie but he knew that he had to be cruel to be kind .
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