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Meanwhile, the father of these kids was in a car accident. Pretty near killed himself near Ottawa. |
Almost |
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday is all kid's days eh, buses trucking them in. Twelve- fifteen-hundred kids everyday pretty near. Not adult. And then, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, it's open to the public, eh? |
Almost |
Booking you from now for then. September Vankleek-Hill-Fair, we go down there for two days, way down in oh it's what pretty near two hours to get there. To clip, what? Eight sheep- five or six sheep everyday. |
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There's traffic here, twenty-four hours a day pretty near. |
Almost |
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And by the time he got to the last place, it would be pretty near melted down (laughs). |
Almost |
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Tea leaves pretty near killed me. |
Almost |
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And he just- his eyes pretty near come out from the other side of the street. |
Almost |
I got hit on the head with a big hard apple. And I pretty near down- went down. |
Almost |
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Well, ah, even- even when (inc) were- were pretty nearly just- just as they always were. |
Almost |
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Interviewer: So that's the one you almost stepped on? Speeaker:Pretty near stepped on him, yeah. |
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No, but I remember the black spaniel dog. It was pretty near a full week that dog was gone before she come back. |
Almost |
The eraser went flying out. (laughs) I think the old music teacherpretty near hit the floor. |
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So if you shipped them like that they'd give you pretty near nothing for it. |
Almost |
in a satisfactory way; to a considerable extent, largely.
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But yet they couldn't get out of the elevator so moisture pretty well but still it dries out some. |
pretty much |
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Interviewer: What about ah adults, not- say from thirty to sixty? What- what were their preferences? Speaker: Oh the same, pretty well. But I- I wish I could remember the names but I can't at the minute, of some of the ah more popular books. |
pretty much |
The depression was the hard place. See I started in depression, in- in thirty-three. And it didn't clear up 'til pretty well up towards forty. And ah it was grim going but it- we still had fun. |
pretty much |
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Ah so we- Belleville has continuously, and it runs hot and cold eh, it pretty well continuously had a civil defence organization. |
pretty much |
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Interviewer: What subjects did you take in the school? Speaker: I can pretty well tell you what subjects you took: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. |
pretty much |
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It was quite strong conservative alright in that- stronger than the others pretty well. |
pretty much |
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And now I think it was pretty well out of debt or didn't have any debt on to it. |
pretty much |