Example sentences of "a pretty [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oriental dragons were not bloodthirsty like the Worms in England , and a pretty story tells us that the beautiful colours of autumn leaves are a result of a nearby dragon yawning and tinging them with his warm breath , before settling down to his winter hibernation . |
| 2 | BELVILLE : You are well read , I see , and we shall make a pretty story in romance , I warrant ye . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not a pretty story , is it , Harry ? |
| 4 | ‘ That 's such a pretty story . |
| 5 | There is a pretty conservatory where meals are served , a large , colourful garden and several interesting outbuildings such as the 17th-century half-timbered stable block which has been converted to provide four bedrooms , and the cellar , bread oven and fishpond dug by the monks from Bordesley Abbey . |
| 6 | More shamefully , some owners of newly acquired imposing homes delight in ‘ libraries ’ which , seen in the gloom or at a distance , bestow a pretty glow of opulence and erudition but which , at close quarters , disintegrate into a heterogeneous muddle of worthless books , sometimes bought in bulk . |
| 7 | ‘ A pretty mess . |
| 8 | ‘ A pretty mess , eh , Friar ? |
| 9 | ‘ A pretty mess , Brother . ’ |
| 10 | For all their fine words , I 'd wager that not a damsel there would have changed places with me — who would willingly wed a pretty six-year-old ! |
| 11 | McBride had a pretty laugh , Ace noticed . |
| 12 | His wife was inclined to plumpness but it was a pretty plumpness , a happy plumpness . |
| 13 | He wanted her to understand that the running was not just a pretty fancy , that he had been serious . |
| 14 | Whatever it is , it 's left a pretty burr in your voice . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Not a pretty word . ’ |
| 16 | It would have been a pretty road in spring , with the blossom on the trees that lined it . |
| 17 | Deya is a tiny little village , boasting a handful of bars and restaurants , a pretty church ( housing one of only two examples of Christ on a crucifix wearing a skirt ) , an art gallery and a tiny museum . |
| 18 | It was a port from Norman times to the 19th century , and has an 11th-century castle perched high on the cliffs above the River Wye and a pretty church with a Norman nave . |
| 19 | As Darren Bailey who introduced this chapter pointed out , it is no good simply putting a pretty gloss on the environment , the solutions require more than ‘ spendin' a few thousand on the Town Centre plantin' all trees ‘ n ’ things ' . |
| 20 | It included Gale , evergreen Veratrum with flowering buds , dark green and striped-leaved Pyrola and a pretty Lycopodium . |
| 21 | ‘ You 're a pretty lady , ’ she said one Wednesday . |
| 22 | They might well talk to a pretty lady when they would hesitate to confide in an old man like me . ’ |
| 23 | By the roadside at the ruin saw a pretty lady crying |
| 24 | ‘ And with heem a pretty lady . |
| 25 | Confessions of a Pretty Lady ( HCP original , £5.99 B , 16th ) |
| 26 | In your position you must know a gorgeous nurse or two , or a pretty lady medico , Dr Vaughan . ’ |
| 27 | Each turn along the coast path reveals a beautiful sandy cove , or jagged rocks giving lie to the notion that this is just a pretty landscape . |
| 28 | Already Northern Ireland was becoming just a pretty landscape , a backdrop to the pain behind her eyes . |
| 29 | Now that prices have fallen , as gold prices rose , he stands to make a pretty profit . |
| 30 | To those for whom gas was out of the question , and candles or lamps were expensive luxuries , firelight was often the single source of light as well as heat , as George Eliot notes in Adam Bede : ‘ It was a pretty scene in the red fire-light : for there were no candles ; why should there be , when the fire was so bright , and was reflected from all the pewter and the polished oak ? ’ |