Example sentences of "[prep] pretending to [be] a " in BNC.

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1 A young man was chained to the back of the cart for pretending to be a priest .
2 He tricked his way into her home on Norman Road in the Gorse Hill area of Swindon by pretending to be a new neighbour .
3 Mr Wakerley told the jury that Sams kidnapped Julie Dart by pretending to be a client .
4 However , its brain was minuscule and Hercules managed to trap it by pretending to be an army and getting the animal confused and tangled in foliage .
5 Section 2(1) ( c ) will also , for example , cover situations where the accused gains admission free or at a reduced charge by pretending to be an old age pensioner .
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