| First, it's wrong to take a clause out of an indirect quotation and pretend that it's direct speech. |
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| Seattle will pretend it's been hit by a radioactive dirty bomb, and Chicago health workers will face a strange flu-like illness. |
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| She was even nice enough to pretend not to mind when I tried discreetly to point out the clinical signs. |
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| Personally, I think it's more honest to just show the thing, gunplay and all, and not to pretend it was unintentional. |
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| To sweep it under the carpet and pretend it never happened would only dishonour those, the majority, who are a credit to the country they serve. |
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| It would, however, be disingenuous to pretend that everything in a reduced world will be comfortable to accept. |
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| Yet it is disingenuous to pretend that there is not a question of individual liberty at stake here. |
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| Pete's selection for the show is nothing but cheap entertainment, and it is disingenuous to pretend otherwise. |
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| Marty Anderson, who was on the pro tour at the time, used to make like a bird and pretend to fly. |
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| Because some of these changes are either directly or indirectly subject to our choices, we are able to pretend or dissimulate emotion. |
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| I was distantly aware of Xander shouting for help, the pain was my world at that time, and all I could do was pretend that it would all end soon. |
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| Toni, her best friend, was smart and sassy, liked to pretend she was a hard nut, though underneath it all, she was a hopeless romantic. |
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| From time to time he'd been forced to wax dithyrambic even about the pretend engineers. |
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| The temptation is enormous to escape into fantasy, or close our eyes and pretend nothing has changed. |
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| I pretend to examine the carton closely, raising my eyebrows in surprise at the information gleaned. |
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| But The Wandering Shadows doesn't pretend to possess a drawing-room erudition. |
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| The dive blokes shuffled their feet with embarrassment, trying to pretend that it wasn't happening, but unable to stop gawping. |
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| Hanging up the phone, she took a big drink from her glass and tried to pretend the taste didn't bother her. |
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| James was fond of percussion that didn't even pretend to sound like real drums. |
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| As you look at the photos, make a pretend gun with your fingers, tuck your fleshy roscoe under your arm and give it a try. |
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| I don't pretend to profess great grief, but it feels disrespectful not to mark it and also pleasing to have the opportunity to do so. |
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| As bright as the hybrid team was, members didn't pretend to have all the answers. |
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| They taunt me the most though, they call me stupid and dumb because for my own reasons I pretend not to know the Latin language. |
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| Your friend knows how to call one's bluff if she insists you speak in Arabic, a language in which you pretend to be fluent. |
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| As such, it is both fitting and ironic that the conclusion of sensical reason should be found in the attributions of the pretend itself. |
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| These attitudes will disappear with time, but it is unrealistic to pretend that ethnomania is not a management, and professional ethics. |
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| Having invited him to Mrs Ford's house, they pretend that Mr Ford is returning, necessitating Falstaff's concealment in the dirty linen basket. |
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| Some times, we need to pretend to be angry just for them to know right from wrong. |
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| The Antipodeans have been known to sink a bevvy or two and let no one try to pretend the Americans are sober and well behaved. |
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| You've got to have a hide as thick as a rhinoceros to carry on and pretend nothing has happened. |
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| That's a nice little rhetorical trick, to pretend that the only possible omnivorous diet must be an unhealthy fast food one. |
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| Although I pretend not to be, I am a football fan, but there is room for other sports on TV surely. |
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| Tournaments such as the World Cup and European Championship will soon join international rugby as another giant round of let's pretend. |
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| Of course his repentance is another game of let's pretend, momentarily seeming true under the spell of Handel's music. |
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| Sometimes, since we lived close to each other, we would go to Anna's house and play let's pretend. |
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| But standing in a parking lot today I suddenly felt home, and everything I'd experienced since I left felt like a big game of let's pretend. |
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| When you've got a baby you can't just take a load of drugs and zonk out and pretend it doesn't exist! |
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| And even though you pretend to be rough and tough, nobody likes to see themselves referred to as nether parts of human or animal anatomy. |
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| Because there'll be no repeat, we believe ourselves safe, and tomorrow we'll be able to pretend that nothing happened. |
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| They falsely pretend to be impartial and independent, or patronisingly portray themselves to be the same as ordinary people. |
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| The main problem with such TV altercations is that they pretend to be about openness and honesty but in fact embrace no such virtues. |
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| When my friends' 4-year-old wants to play house, I cheerfully pretend to drink tea from her little cup. |
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| She told them to pretend to be orphans, to join a work camp and hide their past. |
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| One longs for visibly doubled love handles, the other wants to pretend they don't exist. |
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| There are those who welcome them with open arms and others who pretend they have to go somewhere five minutes before the doorbell rings. |
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| It's time to leave the kipsie and pretend to do something meaningful, like real research. |
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| She is harsh and undutiful to him, and her servants either refuse to obey his orders or pretend that they did not hear them. |
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| She would hold it, gripping the handle as her father had taught her, and pretend to fight off giant ogres or evil witches with magical powers. |
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| Just pretend you're dukes or counts from one of the northern countries and you can get anywhere in that castle. |
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| And I will not kid myself and pretend that we shall not have more in the future. |
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| He is such a sleaze trying to pretend he's resigning because he's gay and had an affair. |
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| Lots of girls pretend to be sexually open but still think that if they sleep with someone then there should be a relationship. |
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| Only 24 hours later, few within the party itself could pretend to hold such an optimistic opinion on the future of their leader. |
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| I pretend to ignore his rudeness, but Meryl is not willing to let it slide. |
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| She had decided to wait on telling Fredi until the perfect moment, so she had to pretend as if nothing were wrong. |
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| I don't, for a moment, pretend that times are not tough and may well get tougher. |
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| You can take the waters in the ozone pool or pretend to be sightseeing from the outdoor hydropool cut into the rooftop of the building. |
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| Next time I hear that crabby, accusatory voice, I'm going to pretend I've contracted a sudden case of selective deafness. |
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| And let's not pretend these fans are queuing up to see a classic boxing match. |
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| We cannot continue to turn a blind eye or ear and pretend that all is well when many people are hurting and yearning for help. |
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| As long as they don't have to act manly and pretend not to be afraid of insects. |
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| For those who pretend they eat healthy, add some boneless chicken pieces already cooked. |
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| All these people their fake, their smiles and laughs were all pretend, just an act to cover up reality. |
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| Jon likes to pretend he's the hard-core guy, but he is the softest-hearted, most emotional, weepy, spiritual guy inside. |
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| He edits a well-known Bombay paper that we all pretend to despise, but that we all read. |
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| Or do they pretend not to defy him, while secretly preparing to put one over on him? |
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| The President will wrap himself in the flag, pray the business cycle goes his way and pretend his gestures are real. |
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| After all, let's not pretend that all worthwhile pop music has always been about generational rebellion. |
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| As a person born with white skin, I do not pretend to speak on behalf of people of colour. |
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| Being great intellectuals, they pretend instead that their yuppie entertainments are as worthy as any art through the ages. |
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| Yes, the artefacts recovered are of historic significance, but it would be foolish to pretend they have no monetary value. |
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| Try as we might to pretend otherwise, the mask of polite discourse had been shattered. |
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| Because they pretend, I think, to be macho guys, but you see what sentimentalists they really are. |
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| I hate people who pretend to be smart alecks just because they managed to sprout a useless proverb. |
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| I mean, it is a little bit unreal if we have to pretend that family support is not a factor in these matters. |
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| That is the dream the Prime Minister has, and she sent her little Brownshirt bovver boy off to the media to pretend that the dream is happening. |
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| They weren't expecting it after all so they may as well pretend they're not getting it and salt it away for their child's future. |
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| A person can pretend to be happy only so many times before that person forgets how it feels to be authentically happy. |
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| Right children now I want you to pretend you're a tree bending in the wind. |
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| But to truly enjoy a snow day, one must pretend that one cannot leave the house. |
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| Sometimes I'd pretend to be on the deck of a green sailing ship plowing through unknown waters and calling at exotic ports. |
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| Suggesting that design controls might have a racial aspect to them is a touchy topic, however it is naive to pretend that they might not. |
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| His retainers, now ronin, lordless samurai, pretend to scatter, some of them appearing to live dissolute lives. |
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| If substitution is called for, then we should face up to that, and not pretend that we are delivering the original thing. |
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| Even if they felt like rubes, they'd pretend otherwise, behind a screen of smart remarks. |
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| So he decides to pretend he's the knight and enter a big old jousting tournament. |
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| I will not pretend that the space race was meant to be a glorious celebration of human achievement. |
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| When you do receive a new exploit, either by paying cash or through barter, pretend it's yours. |
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| I may enjoy even less security than people in offices, but no boss can bully me, and I don't have to pretend to worship any company. |
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| Should I wear clothes I wear around the house, or pretend I stalk the halls in a quilted jacket and ascot? |
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| Apparently you can set up a shell company, pretend to run auctions and people will transfer money to you without knowing anything about you. |
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| They just want to drink and smoke and pretend the world isn't transmogrifying every second. |
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| He would pretend that he wanted a packet of crisps or chocolate, but secretly was buying a bottle of vodka. |
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| Or would the man be so nonplussed by her weird action that he would just pretend it hadn't happened? |
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| For brunch, I'll prolly just pay... or pretend to have paid if Phil asks... mwahahaha! |
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| The virtual, as associated with VR, is seen as a kind of pretend reality, or make-believe. |
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| But it is not quite business as usual, despite the best efforts to pretend that it is. |
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| Like, if eating real chicken makes you wanna vom, why would you wanna eat pretend chicken made of something you would actually eat? |
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| Don't pretend that everyone else has your paper-thin skin, and because you are butthurt about it, they should be too. |
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| I know all this sounds stupid and arrogant but I don't pretend at any level to be able to govern anyone. |
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| I can't pretend to be a big fan, but I liked him very much in that series with Zoe Wannamaker, Love Hurts. |
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| We're to pretend we're concerned, when the reality is that we don't give a stuff. |
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| I do not pretend to know what combination of threats and cajolements they offered, but they obviously succeeded. |
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| My wife would pretend she didn't hear the children's words if they were not spoken in Hakka. |
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| How many times as children did we pretend we were the captain of a pirate ship sailing the Spanish Main? |
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| You have got to pretend everything is okay for your family and keep hoping for the best. |
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| Tired faces turned, waiting for the thread of babble and meaningless words they would only pretend to hear. |
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| It's polite to pretend you are completely unaware that everyone else is starkers. |
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| It is the ultimate human city, which likes to pretend it has obliterated nature under a blanket of asphalt. |
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| It's too early to name the runners and riders, let alone pretend we are under starter's orders. |
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| Rather, the trick is to pretend to be abnormal yourself, since any ordinary person would be completely star-struck. |
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| No problem Jose, next time he misplaces a pass I'll pretend it was pin-point accuracy itself. |
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| To top it off, we bought an inexpensive set of five pretend hats, including such essentials as a firefighter hat and a hard hat. |
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| Martin had returned to his usual, cheerful self, and seemed inclined to pretend nothing had happened, which suited Wendy. |
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| To pretend otherwise, to present herself as the once and future champion of a sovereign Britain, was to utter a whopper of leviathan proportions. |
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| And don't rewrite your own history to pretend that you didn't need the same help once upon a time. |
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| Temperley is an unpretentious designer of pretty frocks that don't even pretend to be on trend. |
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| Nick was already hefting the cooler himself, sucking in his gut and trying to pretend it was feather-light. |
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| To pretend or believe that any or all of this could be done without explicit state and military sanction is the most arrant nonsense. |
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| The Earl had suggested that David pretend to be an orphan whose parents had been American gentility. |
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| The police never pretend their figures are based on anything other than reported crime. |
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| I shall not pretend that this was anything other than a bad result, because it was. |
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| He fondly recalls his first foray into musicals being a show about a snowman in which he had to throw pieces of paper as pretend snow. |
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| I would never make it in an opinion columnist's job, as I'm starting to type whilst still undecided and I'm not going to pretend otherwise. |
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| The hotels I hate are the really, really mediocre ones that pretend to be really, really good ones. |
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| Children decorated the tree with lights, baubles, tinsel, snow and pretend gifts yesterday. |
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| She had secretly liked him since junior high and now she got to pretend to be with him. |
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| As stated above, this brief list and the following summaries do not pretend to be complete. |
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| People who try to pretend they're superior make it so much harder for those of us who really are. |
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| In this novel, hippies pretend to live off the land even as they shop at supermarkets and eat at diners. |
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| Often, they pretend to be friendly at first before showing their true colours by playing a malicious trick. |
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| Nor do I pretend that this will always generate the most effective political approach or the most supplely played tactical game. |
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| Put all second-hand computer equipment through a wood chipper and pretend it never existed. |
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| It would be humbug to pretend that authors at literary festivals have their minds on higher things than selling books. |
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| I hunkered lower down in my seat and tried to pretend that I couldn't speak English. |
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| Only someone determined to deceive himself or others would pretend otherwise. |
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| I'm not going to stand behind the social mask and pretend that everything is OK when it's not. |
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| They argue almost constantly, only stopping occasionally to hug and kiss and pretend to make up. |
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| Don't pretend that you were born into a classless society where you just worked hard for what you got. |
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| He does not pretend it is a clavichord or a harpsichord, and the instrument's full ranges of volume, tone, and color are used. |
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| I don't think many people have clean hands when it comes to bullying, and nor should we pretend to. |
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| The only way we could have peaceably lived together would have been for me to pretend this wasn't happening. |
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| They had to drink seltzer water instead of champagne and had even been given a pasteboard turkey which they were expected to pretend to consume. |
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| Why did my mom have to pretend that she wasn't worried sick about the fact that her daughter was thousands of miles away? |
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| We would not pretend that these provisions are pellucidly clear in their meaning. |
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| Their perspective is from the perch of the upper class, particularly those media celebrities who pretend they are men and women of the people. |
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| It is always great impertinence in a huntsman to pretend to make a cast himself, before the hounds have made theirs. |
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| Unfortunately, Britain and Europe are all too eager to pretend that such illusions are reality. |
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| I pretend to teach young people about the pernicious effects of a total surveillance state. |
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| Sue closed her eyes, she didn't want anyone else to fake her out, to pretend to be something they were not. |
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| Wednesday, April 28 everybody is pretend casting the movie based on Richard Clarke's book. |
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| It doesn't take a highly trained director to tell a few actresses to run in the woods and pretend to be scared. |
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| To pretend that her critics have merely misplaced their anger is psychobabble of the most inane sort. |
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| When there's nothing left to say, you turn to physical comforts, and pretend that still means something. |
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| You can't pretend the wheat doesn't have head blight, a cow doesn't have blackleg, or that predators don't prey. |
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| I pretend that nothing fazes me and I outrightly dismiss those things I cannot understand. |
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| Few would pretend that an MBA stands comparison with a master's degree in basic sciences in scholarship or scientific content. |
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| I'm left dumbfounded when a Protestant asks me how I can pretend infallibility is not contradicted in light of this. |
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| Why would I want a photograph of a pillock in a tacky golden skirt holding up some fake dagger in an effort to pretend to kill me? |
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| Why create the mischief and then pretend that he was not the concocter of the trouble? |
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| We must pretend the bombs don't exist and the explosions are a figment of our imagination. |
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| It would be a pity to pretend that there are no regrets and that ending a marriage hardly matters. |
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| So can we, for the sake of my dignity, etc, please pretend that I have tippled before typing. |
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| He plays characters his age and doesn't try to pretend he's 20 years younger than he actually is. |
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| Of course, you'll define the latter in a way that is conterminous with the philosophy you oppose, but pretend that you do no such thing. |
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| I don't pretend to be able to explain the bizarre political attitudes now poisoning much of Europe. |
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| When pop divas make a movie, they have to pretend it's more than a showcase for the soundtrack. |
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| How can someone like me pretend to know what life was and is like for the worst-off of my fellow countrymen? |
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| I will not pretend to have the skill necessary to lay out a course of action to solve this problem. |
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| Equally it is foolish to pretend that private drug taking imposes no harm on society. |
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| It is an interactive exhibition encouraging visitors to pretend they are a spy and choose a cover identity. |
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| The whole thing must be so formulaic, so routine, it's probably hard to even pretend to be enjoying it after a while. |
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| I twirl and I spin and I stick one leg out of the water and pretend I am really graceful. |
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| You pretend to throw, and the stupid dog runs frantically searching everywhere for the ball you neglected to offer him. |
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| The correlation was never absolute, so it was defined as absolute, to pretend to scientificity. |
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| Tea parties were Irene's favorite activity, and Elisa loved to pretend she was a high society debutante. |
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| This helps to explain why a simulation of the false believer is more demanding than a simulation of a pretend partner. |
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| If reality is too ugly or unpleasant, we shut it out and pretend it's not there. |
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| Dubliners will have to try even harder to pretend to care when listening to culchies moan about their problems. |
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| I hate the ones who pretend they haven't seen you when you try to flag them down while dressed frumpily, but sensibly, for the cold. |
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| Instead of actually using the rope, just pretend and go through the motions. |
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| In the above situation it is quite appropriate to look the other way whilst earwigging and they will pretend you can't hear their conversation. |
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| To pretend otherwise is not only an insult to those efforts but it also implies there is no such thing as social change. |
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| Whack them in the microwave for a few seconds, douse them in cream and pretend you're paying a fortune at a gastropub. |
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| The soldiers would mumble rude things at us under their breath, so we learned to be deaf to them, or pretend to be. |
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| Next time I hear that accusatory voice, I'm going to pretend I've contracted a sudden case of selective deafness. |
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| Imagine or pretend that you are in a beautiful spot in nature looking out over a vast horizon where a wonderful future awaits you. |
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| The good thing about a BlackBerry is you can read a message and pretend that you haven't seen it. |
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| They could pretend that they in fact had hands toughened by manual labor in the somewhat mythical Australian outback. |
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| I believe that I am a complete psycho and I pretend that Chase is this forsaken love that will make me all better. |
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| When he does, will he play the party game and try to pretend the elephants aren't there? |
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| Francis loses both daughter and wife and constructs a fantasy life to pretend that Lisa is somehow still alive. |
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| Why pretend to write a tell-all book about your life while you're still very much in the game? |
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| This fantasy allows us to pretend that where we are does not matter, and that what we do daily is a minor narrative that does not count. |
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| Sometimes, when I was playing in a football game, I would stare at Susan and pretend she came to cheer me on. |
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| Fearing the worst, he decides to pretend that Germany is still the same country his mother believes in. |
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| For some reason I believed that she was going to ask me to pretend that she lived in high society. |
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| The duo plan to blow town the next morning, but until then, they have to pretend as if nothing's changed. |
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| It was not too uncommon for girls to pretend to be boys and sneak into the army. |
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| It was a huge adventure and we'd play silly games and pretend we were pirates on a quest for gold. |
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| He wants to see Catherine and wants her to pretend that they are engaged and in a fancy Milan hotel room together. |
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| He is a member who is given to anger, a member who can display anger and can pretend anger, but underneath it actually is anger, as well. |
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| See, I save time in the morning by not bothering to pretend surprise that the Government lies. |
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| I'm not going to even pretend to understand in any detail how this mouthful of an acronym really works. |
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| At least on the streets there was no pretend law being bothered with in a pretend way, just people puffing, victimising only themselves. |
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| Not that I'll be wiping pretend crude oil off pretend sea gulls, you understand. |
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| It was a boring time, as Dominic had to eat pretend chocolate chip cookies, and drink tea. |
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| Boys and young men with pretend guns were being given military drill and taught blood-curdling, screamed chants. |
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| The dolls are to be served a pretend lunch, so they each have their own striped chair and matching tiny teacup and plate. |
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| We weren't marching off to conquer other countries, but to save them, for real, not for pretend purposes. |
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| If using pretend news is one of the ways these stations have chosen to save money, it's a false economy. |
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| You just become someone walking around in freedom, no longer a pretend celebrity with a wallet to be taxed. |
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| Is it not a fraud, to pretend that Argentina can be bailed out, by saving the present obligations imposed upon Argentina? |
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| In the home center, children prepare a pretend picnic for an imaginary vacation. |
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| Then, to secure the best security scoop yet, the journo brought in pretend bomb-making equipment in his rucksack. |
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| They ride around on pretend horses while knocking coconuts together and often break into spontaneous song. |
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| And when you say towing mannequins, is that mannequin in the sense of, say a store dummy, basically a pretend human being? |
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| Children decorated the tree with lights, baubles, tinsels, snow and pretend gifts yesterday. |
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| Or pretend to write a book and get someone with talent to ghost it for you. |
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| The cronies who run these associations pretend they are progressive, when in fact they are reactionary privateers. |
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| Conversely, homeless people live their private lives in public spaces, in public view even if we pretend not to see. |
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| You can't scrape off the gilding and pretend that what's left is unchanged in value. |
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| Get glammed up and pretend you're living twenty years ago, and win some good stuff. |
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| Arrogant pronouncements by leading Eurocrats and national politicians who pretend to be in favour of more integration have not been helpful. |
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| Finally, some cops use psychics, or even pretend to be psychic, to psych out superstitious suspects. |
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| The film doesn't attempt to pretend that these aren't puppets, their strings are integral to who they are and are a key part of the story. |
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| By forcing the male characters to pretend to be something they're not, the men performed awkwardly and gracelessly. |
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| In a minute, my phone will ring and I'll have to hide my devastation and pretend not to mind. |
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| But shhh, you have to pretend otherwise, or you'll bruise their fragile egos. |
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| It is tempting to pretend that the last few days have been dark and difficult for Britain. |
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| I had to pretend not to know how to skip rope when, in real life, I was quite good at it. |
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| Janitors don't make eleventy million dollars to make pretend for a living and be loved by half the world. |
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| His face turned from white to green as he realized what he'd nearly drank and he screwed the top back on quickly, trying to pretend he'd never seen it. |
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| Through this show I am hoping that people will realise that it is okay to be who we are, we don't have to wear masks and pretend to be people that we are not. |
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| Put on your silly voice and pretend to be an upper class thicko. |
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| She tried to pretend she was revealing a dearly kept secret. |
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| I understand that loose ends had to be left for sequels, but the film seemed to pretend that said ends were tied up, making for a confusing conclusion to the movie. |
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| He was a rarity in a country where the superrich shun publicity or pretend they are like everyone else. |
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| Not that I want to lie and pretend I'm on top of the world, but if I could just wait a little longer perhaps I'll find something positive to write. |
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| So I guess what I'm trying to say is I do have a voice, but I'm using it to talk topically about war games rather than pretend I have any impartial thought on the matter. |
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| Even more cunning, some of the gorillas pretend to be tranquilized. |
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| Instead, their marshmallow was covered from view, or they were given a pretend scenario to distract themselves with. |
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| Given the infinite amount of stuff out there it's pointless to pretend that you can experience it all, but I think it's wrong to not be bothered and just ignore it all. |
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| No self-respecting politician can ever be seen to be alone nowadays, and so whenever there is a camera around, the party leader and candidate are mobbed by pretend voters. |
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| When we catch smugglers at sea, they will pretend to have engine trouble. |
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| Irwin also remarked on a gallery practice that has occasionally allowed show-offs to pretend they own something that they have no intention of paying for. |
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| Having said that, it would be an error to pretend that Rome in 73 BC was the mirror image of the United States. |
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| These shot glasses are perfect for wannabe mobsters and molls who like to pretend they're boozing in a strip joint instead of a room and kitchen in Paisley. |
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| No matter how much we all like to pretend we've grown out of Christmas, there is still a twinge of excitement associated with the unwrapping of any present. |
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| What I do l know is that I will never be able to plod along in a pink cloud of blissful ignorance or even vaguely pretend that I do not care about what goes on around me. |
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| But for a moment, I want to pretend the bloviators are serious. |
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| If you are standing next to the farter, pretend you did not hear it. |
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| But I am blowed if I am going to pretend to be a man in a skirt. |
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| So she had a big blow-up with her father and was self-righteous that he should think that she would not pretend to go to church, and all this sort of thing. |
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| They pretend to not see you, and then make insincere apologies or unimaginative threats when you object to them cutting you up in a manner most dangerous. |
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| It's practically unkillable, so she'll never be able to pretend it died. |
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| We've got fresh, sparkly snow out here this morning and even though it's only a few inches, we're going to pretend it's a major blizzard and we're snowbound. |
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| This man is a nobody and you shouldn't try to pretend he's a someone. |
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| I do not pretend that my history can be genuinely value-free. |
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| Let me pretend to be their most dedicated and principled spokesman, the one who won't buckle no matter what concessions the Chancellor delivers from his sack. |
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| If some parents choose to pretend to their children that they were virginally conceived, that is, of course, their societally complicit prerogative. |
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| One former senior bureaucrat used to laugh that when most lobbyists come walking down the corridor, politicians turn out the lights and pretend not to be in. |
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| And remember this season when the girls had to pretend to be spokesmodels for a line of cosmetics, and Janice yelled at them for not being able to sell cosmetics? |
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| We can be millionaires, seek to extend the reach of government into the personal lives of Americans and not even have to pretend to relate to the ordinary proletarians. |
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| These women are more buxom and much thinner than I can even pretend to be. |
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| The alleged plan called for the two men to pretend that he was a hostage. |
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| Secondly, becoming professionals has sometimes made historians pretend to an Olympian detachment from, and objective judgement on, the present and the past. |
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| I happen to be very good at what I do and I do work unpaid overtime or weekends, both when it's needed or when I just need to pretend that I'm a hard worker. |
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| That Scrubs failure could be rivaled by that lottery-winning season of Roseanne most of us prefer to pretend never happened. |
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| Cut to popular programs are just put under this Function 920 rubric, which allows them to pretend they're not real. |
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| But the leap is made every second, and we cannot pretend otherwise. |
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| She said that she wanted to try it with me, meaning to try a committed relationship, and that she didn't want to pretend otherwise or to play any games. |
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| It's days like this when you want to go back to bed, hide under the covers and pretend the world is a happy place filled with kitties and rainbows. |
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| They may pretend to like pad thai or grilled prawns or the occasional curry, but twice a week they need their culinary comforts, their hamburgers and their pizzas. |
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| Where the real housing industry varies enormously from the pretend world of real estate tycoons is that home builders can't actually pass go unless they sell the houses. |
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| For though he appreciated and was more than passingly acquainted with the standard repertory of the concert hall, he did not pretend to be a music critic. |
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| Hate when I gotta pretend that idc bout something when I actually do. |
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| During one acting class, when the students were asked to pretend to be chickens under a falling atom bomb, everybody clucked frantically and raced around the room. |
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| Eventually you'll have a pretend online account where you talk to your friends in a cyber world instead of facebooking them instead of talking to them. |
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| The information media are impersonal and pretend to be objective. |
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| This can be a big problem especially when some less than honest fax marketing companies have been known to fake phone logs to pretend they had permission to fax people. |
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| I do not know for how long I can pretend to be even a mock conformist. |
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| I give them a brief smile, pretend to be finishing off some notes with an expensive fountain pen, then fix them with an earnest gaze just above my glasses. |
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| We will tell you we are frauds and they will pretend that they are not. |
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| Another method is cold calling where fraudsters ring up and pretend to be from a bank and purporting to be upgrading security systems to get personal details out of people. |
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| Some people can put up a front and pretend to be someone they are not. |
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| Granted, nothing here is outright funkadelic, but there are too many break-beats and warped instrumental passages to pretend this is a traditional rock album. |
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| I remembered the way that she would make daisy chains for the two of us, and we would pretend that she was the Flower Queen, and I, her Flower Princess. |
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| As long as we're playing make believe, why not pretend that plot matters. |
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| Jerry will pretend he is not a marone, because this game is a fantasy! |
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| Back then I used to play games and pretend I was a secret agent and such. |
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| Pretend troops are just what we need to fight for a pretend cause! |
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| I don't know why the pretend face ruined it for me, but it did. |
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| Having said all that, I can't pretend to agree with every policy of the two great powers mentioned above and will continue to have a dig at them as the need arises. |
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| It is disingenuous to pretend that any other analysis is tenable. |
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| Yet politicians of all parties like to pretend that there is a quick-fix solution that will miraculously transform the service into the envy of the world. |
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| But it's hard to pretend that the rather uninspiring fondant goo you've got smeared all over your teeth is confectionery delight beyond your wildest dreams. |
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| For Kirke it was being paid to pretend to play the oboe that heightened her affair with classical music. |
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| This is not a time to complain about or belittle this shift, or, as with Kotkin, to pretend that it is not even taking place. |
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| Quickly, the lines between their pretend feelings for each other and their real ones are blurred. |
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