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She pretended to be reading when her mother came into her room.

I thought if I held my tongue and pretended not to see, everything would come right.

Then he got his break his wife pretended to faint and the intruder who was holding him went into the other room to see what was happening.

The other man could not climb trees. So he threw himself on the ground, closed his eyes and pretended to be dead.

hoped they had not left their hearts behind them in Sussex, and pretended to see them blush whether they did or not.

The doctor pretended to be interested and said, "Shut your eyes and stick your tongue out of your mouth. "

He decided to help me but I pretended to have finished my job.

The cook turned pale, and asked the housemaid to shut the door, who asked Tom, who asked the tinker, who pretended not to hear.

Zhuge Liang pretended to be very calm and succeeded in fooling Sima Yi who did not know that the city was really unguarded .

Martha went on talking as she finished her cleaning, but Mary looked out of the window in a bored way, and pretended not to listen.

She freely admitted that of old she had been a little mad, and now she pretended to be perfectly sane.

I walked on and pretended not to see, till the combat grew too exciting, when I turned round and cheered him on to victory.

I doubted that, though there were several she could have married at a nod of her head, but I pretended to be surprised.

He pretended that the greatest poets must, when they first began to write, have committed as many faults as he did.

From its beginnings the film pretended to be able to document and represent life in a way that was inaccessible to the traditional arts.

pretend to understand type new to a unit, obviously do not know what, but also desperately pretended to know everything looks like.

Thought afterwards it would have been more dignified if I had pretended not to have heard him at all.

The coach pretended not to hear him. There was no way he wanted is worst player in this close playoff game.

Jaroslaw, who pretended to be the prince, passed the ruins daily on his way to work as a director of the town's community center.

Paul felt stung when Jim called him a religions fanatic, but as he was in no mood for a quarrel, he simply pretended not to hear it.

He lied and pretended as if he was the messenger from the God.

My father was always praising her to my sisters and to me, be- cause she pretended to nothing she did not feel.

He tired hard to hold himself in and pretended not to have heard the sad news.

He saw the same fellow who had called to him from the corner. Now, as before, he pretended not to hear him.

When the man took a second biscuit, I didn't look up and I didn't make a sound. I pretended to be very interested in the puzzle.

But I pretended not to know nothing, do not ask him, do not you call him, not to his quarters to find him, no time really is a good thing!

When you were in love, you used to show only the good faces you had. Yes you pretended to be good and hided rest of your faces.

Even though the children pretended to be asleep, the nurses were not deceived when they came into the room.

"It is certainly rather hard upon him, for he was a faithful servant, " said the shadow; and he pretended to sigh.

You say your decision, I listen quietly with silence, instead of the words, and pretended to be okay with that of o expression.

He pretended not to hear the heart-breaking news, trying hard to control his feelings.

I sat down in a chair and pretended to read a book, but out of the corner of my eye I kept watching Petey.

For two years, she attended a girl's school during the day, came home, and pretended to be a boy on the badminton court, she said.

that boy pretended to be ill when he knew i would ask him for help.

Even as a child, Christine Whipp, now a 46-year-old grandmother, says she was aware that somehow life was not as it pretended to be.

The kid , just sat before the computer and played the happy farm . I asked him to be serious and he pretended to hear nothing.

She thought she got punished because she pretended that she did not know her own mother and tried to step on the bread.

His eyes instant dark down, And I, I can only pretended to be invisible.

After a moment of pretended resistance to their wishes, the old man took his pipe from his mouth and thus began his tale.

In the best of times, the Treasury and the Federal Reserve pretended as if the dollar were America's currency alone.

Once, indeed, a woman pretended to care for me, and I lavished all the pent-up affection of my nature upon her.

Was he participating in the larger hypocrisy of a society that pretended to value brooms over silk but in reality did not?

She would not, however, let him speak to her, but pretended that she must be kept quite quiet.

When I passed them, they made out as though they had not seen me. When I passed them, they pretended not seeing me.

She tried to hold herself in and pretended not to hear the sad news.

His father, in an attempt to calm him down, palmed a penny from his pocket and pretended to pull it from Sammy's ear. Sammy was delighted.

She said that she had pretended to be a mail in order tO get a job with the company, which did not employ women.

He stayed in his den, lying down there, and pretended to be sick. He took care that his sickness should be publicly known.

A week later, sly Lucia pretended to be sad once more and told Silver Nose she wanted news of her mother.

She pretended to be friendly as if nothing had happened between them.

Hearing her mother coming upstairs, she quickly put the toys away and pretended to be doing his home work.

She swears she didn't mean to leave Nurse Ellen down there to die. In the same way she says she only pretended to kidnap the children.

In public, Ms. Holmes pretended not to let the scrutiny get her down. But she was clearly aware of it.

Though I knew there were several she could have married at a nod of her head, but I pretended to be surprised.

After a while the playboy began the next part of his plan. He pretended to be sick and stayed in bed.

last night when I inspected the boys' dorm, I heard someone talking, when I stopped to see, all the boys pretended to be asleep.

The baby cuckoo pretended to be caring and said to her, "don't worry, mother, I'll take care of you once I grow up" .

In one meeting, he pretended to need to relieve himself of his last Diet Coke so he could get out into the corridor to retch.

As he pretended not to see me, I pretended not to see him.

At the train station, she pretended not to see me when passing by me.

He nervously played with a paper clip and pretended to read a report I had prepared on how I would build my business if I was hired.

Julia ran afar to Mandeni's palace where Arius was. She got in, pretended to be a servant there and went straight to Arius's room.

With an effort, he held in his feelings and pretended not to hear the sad news.

Julia left the door open and crossed to the sofa, sat where she could see him, and pretended to thumb through Psychology Today.

What if I had pretended not to be annoyed by Mark's rant about the Wall Street Journal?

He never pretended it was a genuflection to anything but commerce.

Must find out that human, greatly not we is two domestics, follow him to work out to slip away street each day, until watch that pretended.

He pretended not to hear, but it was music to his ears.

His attendants pretended to pick up the long train at the back of his cloak.

It used to be women who pretended they were asleep or feigned a headache, but new research shows men are now the ones losing their libido.

When I ran into him in the supermarket he pretended not to have known me.

She pretended that she couldn't hear, so that they would not force an answer from her.

The bridegroom pretended to be very angry and spoke sharply, then quickly drew his sharp knife, ran towards the horse and cut its throat.

He pretended to be doing homework carefully when his mother came in.

When he saw me yesterday, she turned immediately and made out (=pretended) to be reading.

Each 'client' showed up with a portfolio and a preferred investing strategy. About a third pretended to like chasing hot returns.

The soldiers pretended to run away and the enemy, in pursuing them, were finally trapped .

eg: The football player pretended to run forward, then cut back and took the ball the other way.

To gain time, I pretended that I had not heard the question.

The children pretended (that ) they were dinosaurs .

Well, he never pretended to be a good father.

When his mother came in, he pretended to be doing his homework.

The debt collectors pretended to be law enforcement officers and threatened consumers with arrest and incarceration if they failed to pay.

Once my sister saw me looking in her underwear drawer and I pretended that mum had put my boxer shorts in there by mistake.

I quickly closed my eyes and pretended to be still asleep.

He, the son of a Tory-supporting lawyer, has never pretended to be a member of the socialist tribe.

Ashamed and embarrassed by his fears, Andy pretended to be asleep while his cellmate stood by the window and watched below.

Pretended that she only liked women. To take on a man she had to first be properly stimulated.

She pretended to be pregnant with blankets in her clothes while her sister acted as a baby.

He no longer came quite close to them as formerly. He seated himself at a distance and pretended to be reading; why did he pretend that?

A healthy young man was chosen, and he lay in bed and pretended to be very ill.

As she spoke she stepped forward and pretended to put her head in the oven.

He pretended did not hear me and went on listening to music.

I pretended to think it over and kept quiet for a while, when my son was anxiously waiting on my decision.

So. . . Do you think you can find it in your heart to love somebody who pretended to be straight just to get laid?

He was afraid he might miss the chance of killing Ali Baba, but he pretended to be enjoying her dances.

He pretended to be reading that book when his mother entered.

She pretended to be reading when her mother came in.

pretended to dress him in his new clothes. He dressed quickly.

And then this pretended mercy to the slaves is such a disappointment to the poor people.

He pretended to understand the full implications of his teacher's remark .

Tom pretended to be reading when his mother came in.

He pretended to be sleeping when his mother came in.

He pretended to be reading when his mother came in.

The boy pretended to be doing his homework when his mother came in.

She often pretended to have got a stomachache after meal and sneaked out of washing dishes.

Ask as you would, he pretended not to hear.

He pretended to be sleeping when his mother called him.

eg: She pretended she wasn't excited but the expression on her face was a dead giveaway.

He has pretended to too many women and I hate this sort of man.

He pretended to be asleep when his mother came in.

In earlier times, they either pretended to understand how things worked or simply made up stories to give answers.

I pretended that I was in the examination room, and I spent the next four hours answering my ten questions.

After a few days, holding empty needles, they pretended to be sewing.

The two men set up weaving looms, began to refer to patterns, and pretended to be making cloth.

He pretended to be a businessman from Guangdong, but his Beijing accent gave him away.

Wet and cold, I pretended to be fascinated by the sweaters in the tourist shop until I had dried off a bit.

He pretended he didn't need to lean heavily on me for support as we walked slowly, and I pretended not to notice.

He pretended to be asleep when his mother called him.

He and his officers had pretended to be loyal for millennia, while in reality they were building their strength in secret.

He stared at them from an adjacent room, where he pretended to be reading and sighed.

He treated him politely and pretended there was nothing at all strange about having a gorilla in his restaurant.

The cheats pretended to dress him in his new clothes.

In basketball the cost of a real foul (and the benefits of a pretended one) is much smaller.

The boy pretended to be reading when his mother came in.

I did not pretended to show strong, I am also afraid of the dark, I am also afraid Natiao long, overcast deep way.

e. g. She pretended not to see anything at all.

Bill pretended to be a cleaner which helped him to escape from prison .

Ginette, who was really thunderstruck to hear this, pretended that that didn't matter in the least.

Noah, who was twice Oliver's size, pretended to rub tears from his eyes.

She was very sad, but she smiled and pretended to be having a good time anyway.

She went to her sisters, who pretended to be sorry for her.

He pretended not to see anything at all.

But Fan Chin thought that the neighbour was teasing him, so he pretended not to hear and walked away.

The little girl pretended to be asleep when her mother entered the room.

There was once a landlord who always pretended he was knowledgeable though he was completely unable to read or write.

i pretended to be asleep , and through the cracks of my eyelids i watched his sardonic but handsome old face.

They set up two looms, and pretended to be very hard at work, but they did nothing whatever on the looms.

At first , Zhuge Liang pretended to be weak, so Meng Huo continued to pursue him .

She pretended to be an old woman and tricked Snow into drinking the mixture.

He pretended not to see me when he passed.

Mark Twain pretended to be silly and laugh at the foolishness of the feodal religions publicly and well-intentionally.

Like before, he pretended that he was caught by the mousetrap, tricking the cat to be caught.

He had always pretended to be people who were better than himself, starting in childhood with Tom Sawyer and Davy Crockett.

As one Eurocrat puts it, "they pretended to implement the human rights commitment. We pretended to open up our programmes and policies. "

The princess pretended to be amazed and begged him to do it again.

Eg: I pretended not to see him and turned to him suddenly.

Pretended that I had eaten already, but I could have torn the chicken from the baby's hands.

When he arrived , Judge Li said , she pretended to be stuck on a long telephone call . Exasperated , the man finally left .

Then he pretended to give Sarah a chance to pick up his gun and forced him to let her go.

Uriah himself seemed rather surprised to see us, but pretended to welcome us as old friends.

Last time, he even pretended to be a podiatrist in order to fondle and suck a woman's toes at a clothing store.

On the way thither, he encountered Courfeyrac, and pretended not to see him.

Somehow when the kettle piped its finishing warning I pretended not to hear it.

The boy, delighted to have her back, pretended he was a vicious tiger and followed her from room to room, growling and scratching.

She sat up straight and pretended to believe in herself, so much so that she actually started believing in herself.

Kaifulee: U pretended to be me for 3 months. You've been reasonable, but with the Reuter's coverage, had to get my name back.

I don't trap you and pretended to be indifferent to you.

But I had to lie to the company and pretended to be a man in order to get a job.

John send Mary a message of love, but the latter pretended not to see.

You perfect disguise, I can only pretended to be unconcerned.

She pretended to be a lawyer, and her maid, Nerissa (N), dressed herself as a lawyer's clerk.

As the pretended heirs of Peter Wilks were disposing of his fortune, the veritable heirs arrived.

'Now, have you got nothing to say? ' said one of the swindlers, while he pretended to be busily weaving.

The next day, Zhou Yu pretended to quarrel with Huang Gai and had him whipped infront of everyone.

As I reached the wall, I pretended all my strength was in my legs as I flipped and pushed off.

An open foe prove to be a disaster; but a pretended friend is worse.

He pretended to be casual about the result of the competition.

She pretended reading books when her mother went home.

We're so close to reaching that famous happy end, Almost believing, this was not pretended.

Instead of stopping, he pretended not to see this and rode away quickly.

He pretended not to know his visitors and gave every sign that he had taken leave of his senses.

She pretended not to see me when I passed by the other day.

When she was asked how the accident happened, she pretended not to know nothing about it.

I admonished him with a serious tone and pretended to know what I was saying.

You pretended you were poor to get a free meal at the homeless shelter?

He pretended to be reading a book when his mother came back.

when you are not loving me , iam just alone , at least i could pretended iam happy .

Wen took his advice and pretended to be ill and stopped attending imperial court meetings. But it was too late.

Self confidence does not exist to us, all is pretended, self-contradiction is the best reason.

He lay down on the ground and pretended to be dead when the bear came near.

She pretended that she was not at home when we rang the doorbell.

I masked my suffering with a cheerful smile, and no one doubted my pretended happiness.

When I came across him one day in a supermarket, he pretended not to see me.

To try and look cool, I pretended I was talking on my cell phone. I got pulled over and got a ticket for using my cell phone while driving.

But in a moment of faustian proportions, I pretended to be straight.

Mr. Greenberg, who doesn't play the game, had famously pretended to swing a club and loudly announced he was taking the next day off.

She pretended to be listening, but actually her mind had already wandered far away.

No, because you'd only be pretending to be good. . . just like your dad pretended to be a good father.

Mary pretended to be cheerful and said nothing about the argument.

The inspector seized the impostor who pretended to be a visitor of the emperor's.

When us from the fairy tale wakes that moment, we pretended to be strong enough to face the world, lonely and harsh.

Wishing to a ear busy, the busine man picked up the phone and pretended that he had a big deal working.

Jack pretended not to see me In the street.

Pretended sleep when his mother called him.

I pretended to point at something and as she turned around to look, I pulled out the ring.

I pretended to smile and tried to kid with him.

His real perturbation of mind would be best covered and pass concealed under a disguise of pretended lunacy.

"Ruff . . . . . . Worried to death I, bad guy. " First she pretended to cry, and then toot has small mouth and said.

Believe that through our efforts, China's green will flourish and pretended to be splendid, rivers into me.

The Mexican woman pretended not to hear.

Propping my rod next to Dad and his newspaper, I walked over to my brothers and pretended to untangle their lines.

Suddenly I found the man stood up and walked towards her. He pretended to look for something on the ground by her feet.

We pretended with our heads thrown back, our arms limp and useless, dangling like the dead.

But if Kohts sat down and pretended to cry, the chimp would go to her immediately.

Qin pretended not to hear it and went to the kitchen to prepare the meal.

I sampled alternative lifestyles and pretended to be a different person.

Psalm of David when he pretended madness before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.

We pretended to fail and withdraw. The enemies left the top of the hill and tried to drive us.

I pretended not to know the face behind their little tricks, but in fact I have observed, the heart to remain vigilant at all times.

He pretended to be French but his American accent gave him away.

He pretended to be English but his foreign accent gave him away.

So the two pretended weavers set up two looms, and affected to work very busily, though in reality they did nothing at all.

I pretended to be jealous of her. Yue was very very cheerful.

Lai Junchen immediately pretended to be very earnest, saying, "Oh, please do tell me at once. "

Rumors have since surfaced online that he's actually an aspiring actor who just pretended to be rich to get on the show.

Some pretended to be beggars while others pretended they were friars .

However much we pretended that Indians and Negroes were subhuman, we really knew that they were God's children too.

He did not respond when the judge harangued him, would look at none of the evidence against him, and pretended to go to sleep.

He pretended that he did not mind.

Although he pretended to be calm, his pale face gave him away.

No, I'm not really a Twitter fan, though I believe someone made one up and pretended to be me.

I spread mustard on a cracker, and pretended not to have heard anything.

"But how do you know? " I pretended to be at a loss.

When the boss came, she pretended that she was working hard.

For your sake she pretended it wasn't and I let her pretend.

And if he had pretended to be Mormon or Buddhist or an atheist?

"This pretended foundling is a real monster of abomination, " resumed Jehanne.

For this purpose, she jumped up onto a peg, and suspending herself from it, pretended to be dead.

In the photos, the girls wore lingerie and pretended to lick a penis-shaped lollipop. None of the photos made any reference to the school.

Tom pretended not to have seen her when he passed by.

She pretended not to see me when I passed by. . .

However, the civilians' common knowledge is not conceived by the deliberately-pretended low key.

He pretended to be doing his homework when he heard his father's sound.

She pretended she was making her own flower garden, and picked large red flowers to push into the ground.

Though he knew they were playing tricks on him, he pretended not to notice it.

But when Cathy pretended to cry, Hareton could not bear to make her sad, and he threw the letter down on the table.

"He pretended to be this great fellow, but we all know that confident people do not have to blow their horn like that, " Baker tells Jacobs.

His son pretended to be reading when he came in.

She pretended to be interested, but I could see she wasn't.

We pretended that the circus bought a trampoline (It was actually ours) and you can jump on it for free!

Though he knew they were playing a trick on him, he pretended not to notice it.

He pretended to be listening to the doctor attentively.

We are bathed in warmth of Spring Festival, without a doubt that he pretended to be happy.

He asked Xiao Zheng to bring a cup of tea, who pretended not to hear.

If I ever spoke to my parents in English, they pretended not to understand.

He pretended not to have seen us when he passed us.

But I still pretended to be single at work, as colleagues my age are all single and it is a bit weird for them to know I am married.

She provoked me till I felt quite frantic, yet she herself pretended to be indifferent and aloof.

Japanese Buddhist named Ekai Kawaguchi pretended to be a Chinese physician.