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Meanings of pretty while in anglès

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Usage of pretty while in anglès
1
Only Jean-Claude could die and look this pretty while he did it.
Cerulean Sins
2
It's a way to be pretty while retaining your intellectual detachment.
The Guardian
3
After this it was a pretty while before I heard from either of them again.
The History of Thomas Ellwood Written By Himself
4
Not many women could still look pretty while sneering, but Denny's granddaughter pulled it off.
Red Planet Blues
5
It's very rare to find women who remain pretty while eating and sleeping, very rare.
Parisian Points of View
6
The Parliament has sat a pretty while.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 13: November/December 1661
7
So they discoursed together a pretty while, after which he left her, and retired to his apartment.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01
8
Sit pretty while they deploy missiles?
Reuters
9
I have seen a pretty while it must come to this, and I have written to my sister Sally.
A Perilous Secret
10
Let it stand thus two or three days in wood, laving it thrice a day, a pretty while each time.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
11
The woman sat with us a pretty while, being a lively talking body, although now wellnigh fourscore years of age.
Margaret Smith's Journal / Part 1 from Volume V of The Works of ...
12
It is of first-rate thickness, and would smoke a pretty while, for thou dost hold, I think, a good quantity.'
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 184...
13
Jasmine looked very pretty while she was speaking, and little Daisy admired her high-flown words, and fully believed in her genius.
The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls
14
Our home at the Navy- office, which is and hath a pretty while been in good condition, finished and made very convenient.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
15
Now they read, they pray, they go to meetings, and seem to be serious a pretty while, but at last they forget.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
16
With this last wife Mr. Badman lived a pretty while; but, as I told you before, in a most sad and hellish manner.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
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Pretty while across language varieties
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