Example sentences of "to [be] cruel to " in BNC.
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| 1 | So now I 've got to be cruel to be kind . |
| 2 | So what is now the status of his later insistence that , ‘ Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil ’ ( 512 ) ? |
| 3 | Their plausibility requires that the disinclination to be cruel to animals is a mark of true humanity ; part of its content , rather than merely a possible cause of it . |
| 4 | You have to be cruel to be kind |
| 5 | You have to be cruel to be kind . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The Italians , and indeed all foreigners , are known to be cruel to animals , thought Daisy , looking down to see if she could catch some peasant beating a horse or kicking a dog . |
| 8 | ‘ Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind . |
| 9 | George did not like being firm with Lennie but he knew that he had to be cruel to be kind . |