Example sentences of "while pretending to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It enables both countries to augment their own dominant positions within the Community while pretending to be acting for the sake of ‘ Europe ’ . |
| 2 | Labour implemented a more repressive policy on the ground than Likud while pretending to greater moderation in the international domain . |
| 3 | " The unrest of which we hear so much as a new disease exists chiefly in the minds of the agitators " , chief among whom was Havelock Wilson himself but also his associates , especially Edward Tupper , " a fraudulent imposter who , while pretending to be an enemy of Capital , was in reality a bankrupt company promoter " . |
| 4 | We might have gone on for years like that — me combing the streets for you while pretending to be there on other business ! |
| 5 | A PENSIONER hit out last night at a thief who burgled her house and then stole her handbag while pretending to be a Good Samaritan . |