Example sentences of "be nice [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be nicer to behead her with a carving knife . |
| 2 | And surely it would be nicer for her parents to be alone together , would n't it ? |
| 3 | By then , the fuses were short , and there was no time to be nice about quietness . |
| 4 | He tried to be nice about it , but it was fairly obvious he did n't want me any more ; and truthfully , I did n't want him any more either , except in so far that I could n't bear that it should all have been for nothing — worse than nothing . |
| 5 | He decided to be nice about the whole business , though he still could not see the point of it , and offered to put the little biscuity things into bowls . |
| 6 | Erm could be nice about it . |
| 7 | You know , it 's much , it 's much easier to be nasty about something than it is to be nice about something . |
| 8 | I did n't want to be sarcastic and aggressive , because there were certain basic things I wanted to know , but I ended up saying , ‘ That must be nice for you . ’ |
| 9 | I know it 's isolated here but it 's close to the beach which would be nice for the baby . ‘ |
| 10 | ‘ It 's going to be nice for TJ , ’ said Britt . |
| 11 | She thought that it might be nice for Mother to be involved in the shop , but obviously they were n't going to listen to her . |
| 12 | Richard and I thought you had settled so nicely ’ — as if I was some sort of jelly — and then , ‘ Well , if you really want to , I suppose it would be nice for you to earn a little pin money . ’ |
| 13 | Would it not be nice for the SRU to encourage the latter course and pick a full Scotland team to meet them , treating the match as a full ‘ capped ’ game ? |
| 14 | Well , it will be nice for you to have your brother here , and we will hope for the best . |
| 15 | As time went on and Basil began showing me all of these things , it gradually came over me that it would be nice for the American people to see that English art was much more variegated and lively than just these big portraits . |
| 16 | Ca n't you be nice for once ? |
| 17 | It would be nice for us to have a home . |
| 18 | We thought the trip would be nice for him , ’ Bella said . |
| 19 | It would clearly be nice for science if the universe were in the no-boundary state , but how can we tell whether it is ? |
| 20 | ‘ It 'd be nice for her to be given the chance to make a suggestion or two . ’ |
| 21 | When you 're fighting and hating each other anyway , it must be nice for the chick when she turns out to have the law batting for her . |
| 22 | The high drama of casting out devils would establish Timothy Gedge as a monster , which would be nice for everyone because monsters were a species on their own . |
| 23 | How blessed you are to live in such a lovely part of England — It is a source of IMMENSE pleasure to me that JONATHAN is such a keen mountaineer and is to make his home here — it will be nice for John in his old age if he , John , deigns to come back to Britain , the native land of which is so very critical , but to whose change or improvement he does what ? ? ? ? |
| 24 | ‘ She — er — she thought it would be nice for you to visit her , ’ she admitted at last . |
| 25 | It would be nice for the children when it was done , she thought . |
| 26 | It would be nice for you critics to stand up and be counted : - ) ) Newsome has also been praised and had a good game vs scum . |
| 27 | Yeah , mi mind you , though , if Pete does it with everyone , then it 's a change to what 's been going on usually , it would be nice for a change . |
| 28 | I think it 's going to be nice for this weekend . |
| 29 | It says the erm , this low is go is moving away and a high 's coming in so it might be nice for this weekend . |
| 30 | At the end she left I said do ring Cathy if you feel like it because I 'm sure she wo n't mind well it would be nice for us to find out who 's been through the same thing recently . |