Example sentences of "pretend not to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pretended not to be disappointed and there for the moment the matter rested . |
| 2 | It was thought extremely clever tactics when one team pretended not to be taking part in a tournament , and only joined in late in the day when all the other knights who had been fighting since soon after sunrise were exhausted . |
| 3 | She pretended not to notice . |
| 4 | ‘ He pretended not to be interested , I dare say . |
| 5 | it is sim because of the big difference between the Sales Of Goods Act and buying privately , for that reason it is an offence for a trader erm to pretend not to be a trader . |
| 6 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , I am well aware of the fact that for some years now you have cut yourself off from your past and not deigned to reply to the letters of your friends , or even to return their calls , taking refuge in your answering machine and pretending not to be in when they rang at the bell . |
| 7 | A lot of them were pretending not to , but somehow she was the centre of an invisible circle . |
| 8 | In front of me five youths , age seventeen , leaning back , arms spread , cool , sniggering and making jokes , pretending not to be frightened . |
| 9 | ‘ Thank you nursie … you old cow , ’ he 'd say , desperately pretending not to be naked in the bath . |
| 10 | Peter pushed a prawn around his plate with a fork , pretending not to notice , but he was hurt by her obvious boredom . |
| 11 | I lay there , half crying and pretending not to be hurt , as Charlie continued to pace , flinging flowered clothes into the street below and discussing the possibility of a police force being set up to arrest and imprison rock guitarists who bent their knees while they played . |
| 12 | I 've felt it while pretending not to . |
| 13 | She saw a young man afraid and pretending not to be . |
| 14 | His colleagues were watching , pretending not to . |
| 15 | Perhaps he felt there was no point in pretending not to be upset . |
| 16 | He comes across a flock of sheep belonging to the priest , one of which he takes ; he then returns to the priest , pretending not to be the traveller already refused entry , and this time is accepted in as he offers the sheep in payment . |
| 17 | In requesting , A must ( a ) want B to come now , ( b ) think it possible that B can come , ( c ) think B is not already there , ( d ) think B was not about to come anyway , ( e ) expect that B will respond with an acceptance or rejection , and if B accepts , then A will also expect B to come , ( f ) think that his ( A 's ) asking may be a possible motive for B to come , ( g ) not be , or be pretending not to be , in a position to order B to come 4 . |
| 18 | When the teacher inhibits the child from pointing and pretends not to be able to see the picture , the child understands that the communicative situation has changed , that she can no longer rely on the shared visual context and she makes her reference explicit ( the teddy ) , locates him verbally rather than by pointing to him ( on the chair ) and makes explicit how the second picture differs from the first ( there ai n't no teddy ) . |
| 19 | Here in Portugal he pretends not to be a doctor , probably wisely , and steers well clear of anyone who is sick or injured , Lourdes with her dramatic fevers or Tolo knock-kneed with gout , even Rosa 's scrapes and sprains . |
| 20 | Also one of the cleverest , however much you pretend not to be . |
| 21 | Neither can I pretend not to be a modern . |
| 22 | Clelia did not pretend not to be delighted by Clara 's delight . |