Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] a pretty [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they 're doing a pretty good out there for us and Ray went out there |
| 2 | ‘ Not as far as I know , but you 're taking a pretty selfish attitude over this , are n't you ? |
| 3 | Dudley Ford had his suspicions and the police seemed to have been doing a pretty thorough job on him … but Doug Wilson believed that Shergold lacked the nerve and she was inclined to agree with him . |
| 4 | I 've felt for sometime we needed to put more pressure on Welsh Office ministers who I feel are having a pretty easy time of it on the environmental front . |
| 5 | ‘ Major and Lamont are doing a pretty good job of impersonating Stan and Ollie , ’ said Graham . |
| 6 | " Even you must be getting a pretty clear picture of what happens . |
| 7 | ‘ You must be running a pretty busy operation here . ’ |
| 8 | And because Jed could n't picture the wife who was supposed to have left him , because he had no idea what she looked like , he found himself believing that he was doing a pretty good job . |
| 9 | ‘ I reckon he was telling a pretty fair version of the truth , yeah ? ’ |