Example sentences of "you [modal v] be nice " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll sit you up on the pillows and you 'll be nice and comfy . ’ |
| 2 | Yeah , you 'll be nice , you 'll be close to your family there wo n't you ? |
| 3 | You can be nice with a slight edge of cynicism like Ludovic Kennedy , Alan Whicker or Desmond Lynam but , in adult television at least , being pleasant about everything all the time is best left to constitutional monarchs . |
| 4 | When you are driving a racing car and you are taking it up to the limit , you can be nice , you can be charming , but somewhere there are undercurrents going for you that make you a pretty aggressive individual . ’ |
| 5 | Equally interestingly , Mr E felt he was managing to convey something of his greater hopefulness to Dave 's mother , using insight-promoting questions when she kept praising her daughter and complaining about Dave , and asking , for instance : ‘ What are the things you can be nice to him about at home ? |