Example sentences of "up the pretence " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only in London they had to keep up the pretence that Buckmaster had nothing to do with his company . |
| 2 | What effort is required to keep up the pretence ? |
| 3 | A man who is made redundant may feel unable to tell his wife what has happened and keep up the pretence of leaving for work every day . |
| 4 | I could n't keep up the pretence any longer . |
| 5 | ‘ Course , in time she came to know her mother 's death was n't an ordinary drowning accident , but she kept up the pretence . |
| 6 | Though we no longer went out together in the evenings , I promised to keep up the pretence that we did . |
| 7 | ‘ She was afraid of what he might do when she told him she was n't going to keep up the pretence any longer and everything she did in future was to be sold as her own work . ’ |
| 8 | But Rain kept up the pretence until she climbed the stairs to the studio . |
| 9 | How long could she keep up the pretence of being a competent sailor ? |
| 10 | And she had kept up the pretence in the air-conditioned hotel and on the pool terrace , drinking mint tea to get the feel of the place , though she could n't stand the stuff really , and never knew what to do with the sprigs of mint . |
| 11 | ‘ Ralf meant no harm , and , in any case , there is no need to keep up the pretence that we 're married . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ That 's the only reason you kept up the pretence ? ’ |
| 13 | On the German side a few bombs were dropped to keep up the pretence , but they were left strictly alone by fighter aircraft , of course . |
| 14 | Unable to keep up the pretence any longer , she 'd told her friend the whole , disastrous story behind her stay in New York , only withholding her fears about a possible pregnancy as she 'd related the disastrous sequence of events . |
| 15 | ‘ So — I kept up the pretence of believing you were using drugs , hoping you 'd accept having me around all the time in a bid to prove your own innocence . ’ |