Example sentences of "to [be] nice to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel I ought to be nice to them wherever possible . |
| 2 | Sadie was wary of my other two dogs ; Mindy decided she would try to be nice to her , while Ben just wanted to play . |
| 3 | But I never am alone — the house is full of people from morning till night , and my whole day is to be nice to them and get taken about . |
| 4 | The election campaign has forced Britain 's MPs to be nice to absolutely everybody , no matter how irritating . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Please sir , Axl 's doctor said we 're to be nice to him because he comes from a broken home and he has to wear a kilt . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I want you to be nice to him . |
| 9 | I said , ‘ Oh for Chris'sakes , shut up I know you 're trying to be nice to me and help me , but please do n't because you 're just giving me a headache . ’ |
| 10 | I let him have his pet , but in the end I went and tried to be nice to him ( because I knew I must get him to send that letter ) . |
| 11 | He does n't realize it fully yet , because he 's trying to be nice to me at the moment . |
| 12 | I was n't nice to him , I do n't want to be nice to him , I sha n't be nice to him . |
| 13 | I realized that I was having to struggle not to be nice to him . |
| 14 | But as soon as I begin to be nice to him , a sort of self-satisfaction seems to creep into his voice and his manner ( very discreet , he 's been humility itself all day , no reproach about last night , of course ) and I begin to want to goad and slap him again . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He tried to be nice to me but something rebelled inside me . |
| 17 | It 's trying to be nice to people that gets me into trouble — and it does n't help the people either . |
| 18 | I had no idea when we might be going to Dili , so I was unable to time my campaign , to know when to bring it to a climax , to know when I could afford to cool things down , to be nice to her , for I did n't want to be thrown out of the house there and then , did I ? |
| 19 | ‘ You are my guest and I am attempting to be nice to you . |
| 20 | You 've known for years he was devious , and he 'd never actually fallen over himself to be nice to you , had he ? |
| 21 | I always try to be nice to the kids . |
| 22 | Why did he have to choose this moment to be nice to her ? |
| 23 | The person she would have to be nice to , for Sam 's sake , was their brother Daniel . |
| 24 | He had got the impression , from Marwan Ibrahim Al-Kaysi and from Mr Malik , that Muslims were supposed to be nice to each other . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ But if you saw how miserable my poor Georg is , and how he has upset Suzi , to say nothing of my friends the Hoflins … well , I shall find it very difficult to be nice to him . ’ |
| 27 | because it is becoming increasingly difficult to be nice to the Conservatives particularly when you produce something like this |
| 28 | ‘ You 've got to be nice to her , because she helped to save my life . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ By the time you 'd ripped my character to shreds , lectured me on my grasping capitalist principles , then forced yourself to be nice to me out of commendable loyalty to your family firm , I was hooked . |
| 30 | ‘ Now , darlin' , you want to be nice to old Eddie , ’ he said softly . |