Example sentences of "have [been] a pretty " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It must 've been a pretty powerful bloke who did that ; father was no weakling . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We 've been completely ignored for a long time , which has been a pretty good thing because it 's given us time to develop , ’ beams Brett . |
| 3 | If there have n't been any it has been a pretty poor day 's play . ’ |
| 4 | It must have been a pretty hefty bit of storm damage . |
| 5 | Burning down the factory would have been a pretty foolproof method . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Simon de Montfort seems to have been a pretty important baron . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't know the lady as well as you , sir , but she seems in all particulars to have been a pretty clubbable woman . ’ |
| 8 | He seems to have been a pretty hard-headed business man , but there must be plenty of others in a town of this size … ’ |
| 9 | There were individual factory loyalties and there were divisional loyalties and it had been a pretty cosy relationship between the organisation and the Ministry of Defence . |
| 10 | The children had no complaints about the refreshments , and when it was time to leave , they decided that it had been a pretty good party . |