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Example sentences for "pretty close"

  • And I think that their information touches someone pretty close to them.

  • That's pretty close to the Union Station, isn't it?

  • So Sir Mellegrans and his armed party rode up pretty close to where the Queen and her party sat in the grass.

  • Now when Sir Launcelot had come pretty close to the town he met a party of town-folk with several pack-mules hung with bells and laden with parcels of goods.

  • Now when that damsel had come pretty close to where they sat at their feast, she drew rein and cried out: "God save you, gentles!

  • It can't be very long, because Kennedy's Creek must be pretty close to us, on the other side of the mountains.

  • No," said Joe, "we'll be pretty close to you.

  • Yes; so right along about even with these steps, pretty close to even with this here, the last shot was fired--somewhere right along in there.

  • Euins, I believe it is, or pretty close to that.

  • Well, as well as I remember, one police officer was standing right behind me, or pretty close behind me.

  • Pretty close to the elevator, or something, or lots of times he would just lay it down on something there in the building.

  • Well, it was near this one, pretty close to this one.

  • It would be pretty close to 25 to 30 diameters.

  • As far as my knowledge, they are; pretty close to right.

  • The second and third shot was pretty close together, but there was a short lapse there between the first and second shot.

  • His uncle slowed down a little and let the bear get pretty close, bending off toward a low, stout willow that grew alone.

  • I don't believe this squirrel is really harmed a bit," he said finally, "but it was a pretty close call.

  • The chief keeps us pretty close to the office during the fire season, so as to have a fire crew at hand to respond instantly to an alarm.

  • If I were you, I believe I'd make a pretty close companion of it and always keep it within reach.

  • At length Hugh said: "'Pears to me that we ought to be pretty close to where them deer is.

  • We run up pretty close to him and tried to rope him, but he was sort o' half under the rocks and we couldn't catch him.

  • You have to get up pretty close to the birds, but they'll let you do that.


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