1.   Fish are pretty tough and if anglers are careful they suffer very little damage.

2.   I find his books pretty tough going.

3.   Pretty tough talk from a guy who liked to wear dresses.

4.   This athletic racket is a pretty tough thing at that.

5.   But the good life can get pretty tough.

6.   There are some very strong characters undertaking conveyancing and a young person starting out needs to be pretty tough in order to withstand the pressures.

7.   In fact, mums and dads have to be pretty tough to bring up children nowadays.

8.   And I think one has to acknowledge that the standards he demanded were pretty tough standards.

9.   And it is pretty tough to get off every trace of shellac, especially in the grooves of the paneling.

10.   And last night one of the drafts I got was pretty tough.