Example sentences of "to [be] nice to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and you had to be nice to everybody do n't you ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I want you to be nice to him . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I realized that I was having to struggle not to be nice to him . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 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 | He does n't realize it fully yet , because he 's trying to be nice to me at the moment . |
| 11 | He tried to be nice to me but something rebelled inside me . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | Cos I 'll be , it 's my party , so you have to be nice to me , cos it 's my party basically , cos I consider it |
| 14 | Sadie was wary of my other two dogs ; Mindy decided she would try to be nice to her , while Ben just wanted to play . |
| 15 | 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 ? |
| 16 | Why did he have to choose this moment to be nice to her ? |
| 17 | ‘ You 've got to be nice to her , because she helped to save my life . ’ |
| 18 | I feel I ought to be nice to them wherever possible . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | to be nice to everyone . |
| 21 | ‘ You are my guest and I am attempting to be nice to you . |
| 22 | You 've known for years he was devious , and he 'd never actually fallen over himself to be nice to you , had he ? |
| 23 | Rachel we 've got to be nice to it . |