Example sentences of "pretending [not/n't] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | A lot of them were pretending not to , but somehow she was the centre of an invisible circle . |
| 3 | In front of me five youths , age seventeen , leaning back , arms spread , cool , sniggering and making jokes , pretending not to be frightened . |
| 4 | ‘ Thank you nursie … you old cow , ’ he 'd say , desperately pretending not to be naked in the bath . |
| 5 | Peter pushed a prawn around his plate with a fork , pretending not to notice , but he was hurt by her obvious boredom . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I 've felt it while pretending not to . |
| 8 | She saw a young man afraid and pretending not to be . |
| 9 | His colleagues were watching , pretending not to . |
| 10 | Perhaps he felt there was no point in pretending not to be upset . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |