Example sentences of "to [be] polite to " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they visit I expect my husband to be polite to them . |
| 2 | They were nevertheless encouraged to play with the children of other service families , instructed to be polite to these less fortunate beings and discouraged from arrogance . |
| 3 | I took my friendly Spanish grammar to the library every day and tried to be polite to Jefferson when he maddened me at meals . |
| 4 | Then one of the blokes remembers there 's a woman present and apologises , the others shake hands and make an effort to be polite to each other . |
| 5 | Chris always thinks it wise to be polite to Tommy . |
| 6 | Dexter sometimes thought the superintendent took the need to be polite to the public too far . |
| 7 | Both Paul and Keith have been careful to be polite to each other all week . |
| 8 | I had only just noticed her — so I must have been taking things seriously — but she was worth waiting to be polite to . |
| 9 | which means that we 've got to be polite to people and so on . |
| 10 | And , quite apart from demonstrating maturity by dismissing the incident and behaving normally , if she could manage to be polite to this man there was just a chance she might discover some clues to his plans for her family 's business . |