Example sentences of "to be nice to [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In the past , the Americans opposed the idea of a Palestinian state : there was not enough room , they said ; and , given independence , the people in it might break their promise to be nice to Israel . |
| 2 | Conditioned to observe , she noticed what it did to her ; the feeling of vigour , the brisker step , the tendency to be nice to others , to talk to those whom one usually avoided . |
| 3 | And no doubt next time we do a piece on East Anglian rock — it took us nearly 40 years to do this one , so the next one should be in 2032 — we promise to be nice to Ipswich . |
| 4 | It 's trying to be nice to people that gets me into trouble — and it does n't help the people either . |
| 5 | We are not , however , forced to suppose that a baboon reasons , as a man would , that it will pay to be nice to X , because X is likely to reciprocate . |