Sentence examples similar to no we pretended from inspiring English sources
Leland wishes he'd continued: "No, we should pretend to be crows!" Shortly thereafter, after Leland spent a day reading about pangolins a scaly, armadillo-like mammal he led a stressed, inconsolable friend through a guided meditation in which they pretended to be pangolins.
If we couldn't figure out how to make everything fit within the budget, he would just cut a category: "We will have no supplies for this quarter!" We pretended to go along with his decision but did our thing anyway.
"We pretended we didn't notice".
No, we pretended that neocons can think, that old British imperialist boundaries would hold up under 21st Century political realities.
It was just a silly little joke – in no way are we pretending she is Japanese, no yellow makeup or slitty eyes or any silliness".
We do them no good if we pretend this isn't true, and we do American citizens no good if we pretend that we are more likely to be attacked from outside rather than within.
No longer can we pretend that development is a purely technical not a political process.
Yet poetry is still being read and written, and we do, despite everything that's happened, continue going to the opera even if we can no longer pretend we will be better people for it.
We can no longer pretend we live in a post-racial society.
We can no longer pretend we don't know about the dark side of the internet," says Mr Merrick.
"We pretend no one is around".
