Sentence examples for pretend it would from inspiring English sources

It was hard to pretend it would be just an ordinary dinner.

The injuries haven't slowed New England down too much so far, of course, and I cannot pretend it would stun me if they flattened the Jets regardless.

The cut was less than feared but chair Paul McKeever said no one could pretend it would not be "extremely challenging".

We'd like to pretend it wouldn't.

If being sober was really as "healthy" as doctors like to pretend, it wouldn't hurt so much.

The thing is that he's absolutely right in what he says, that Greece was never going to repay all of its debts and any arrangements that pretended it would were simply ridiculous on the face of it.

But then the company engages in bits of kabuki theatre, as it did at the Detroit auto show on 15 January, pretending it would only display Transit commercial vans at its press conference before revealing the Atlas Concept.

No one has ever pretended it would be easy.

He said Labor had done so because the government had run a "deceitful campaign" by pretending it would retain the measure.

Ministers claim they checked bigger increases; the opposition pretends it would have done differently; passenger groups scream in pain; and the unions demand a return to state ownership.

He has also tried to paper over his positions on his $5 trillion tax cut, pretending it would be cost-free, and he now says he wants to cover pre-existing health conditions, though his plan does so only for those who have insurance coverage.