Example sentences of "[conj] pretended to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument from error can be used to show that we know of cases where others have successfully concealed their states of mind , or pretended to be in a state of mind other than their own ( these possibilities are not really distinct ) . |
| 2 | I think he had been listening to some people in the dale who had missed out on the shoot and the money that went with it , and were critical , or pretended to be critical , of people who worked for Sir Emmanuel and the other toffs — maybe a bit left wing , although Stanley was n't a person who took any interest in politics . |
| 3 | ‘ See ya later alligator , ’ he waved his hand and pretended to be chewing something . |
| 4 | Anyway , we pulled ourselves together and pretended to be pleased to see him , and then he drove us back to London like a maniac , keeping up a stream of gibberish which after a while I stopped listening to . |
| 5 | Then he flew up beside Cassowary and pretended to be listening to the song . |
| 6 | He reached for the bottle but Oliver got there first and pretended to be reading the label . |
| 7 | I kept my head down and pretended to be consuming the scraps left on my dish . |
| 8 | The girls giggled and pretended to be unimpressed . |
| 9 | I took down the battered , broken-spined A-Z I keep taped to the driver 's sun visor and pretended to be looking something up . |
| 10 | Instead he went over to one of the shelves and pretended to be searching for a book . |