Example sentences of "[modal v] be nice " in BNC.
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| 1 | Folks should be nice to one . ’ |
| 2 | If the sponge part has worn down ( it should be nice and springy and approximately one centimetre deep all the way along ) , or if the foam has worn away from the metal piece holding it , you need a new one . |
| 3 | We went with the sixth formers las last summer we went to see The Tempest and it 's such a beautiful place you know , it 's you 're outdoors but it 's quite weird the way they do it , because you 're like in a canopy but the actual stage it outdoors , so you 're covered but you get a bit cold and you need to take woollies and things , it can get a bit cold out there , but it should be nice in the summer . |
| 4 | But , most puzzling of all , why was the American so anxious that he should be nice to her … ? |
| 5 | It should be nice and fruity . |
| 6 | He says that these should be nice … they 're imported from Australia . |
| 7 | It 's wet , it should be nice and warm . |
| 8 | should be nice |
| 9 | Oh they should be nice then |
| 10 | Should be nice fuchsia there fuchsias . |
| 11 | and that 's where it should be nice made a change did n't they ? |
| 12 | It must be nice to get letters and that . |
| 13 | It 's sad , going away , but it must be nice all the same to have someone kiss you at the railway station . |
| 14 | ‘ It must be nice living here , ’ I said , changing the subject , ‘ but how d' you go on for shopping ? ’ |
| 15 | Leslie , however , could go one better : ‘ It must be nice , ’ he replied , in a piece of monumental understatement , contained in a letter written during a lull in the fighting at Wadi Akarit , ‘ to ramble round the Pilgrim Way . |
| 16 | ‘ Does n't matter but he must be nice , ’ Sarah pulled thoughtfully at her pink hair ribbon . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It must be nice to have pictures of your family going back for years . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | While I had been in there there 'd been a day or two of beautiful weather which we did n't know much about inside , although there was one big window where we used to go and sit and have a smoke — the ones who were getting better — and you could see a big tree from there , so you sort of felt it must be nice outside , and the people who came in from outside were n't so muffled up . |
| 21 | Nick said , ‘ It must be nice to be so young that when you 're tired it only makes you look prettier . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It must be nice to be wanted . |
| 23 | It must be nice to have an uncomplicated relationship . |
| 24 | He must be nice and warm under there . |
| 25 | They must be nice them nuts . |
| 26 | I thought you then , I thought well I must be nice spoken polite That 's that then . |
| 27 | Stratford might be nice or the Cotswolds near Stratford . ’ |
| 28 | Having ended the last sequence with a wide shot , it might be nice to begin this the same way to show Cook at work . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps because I 've always thought it might be nice to have a honeymoon in Venice . ’ |