Sentence examples for try and pretend from inspiring English sources

"So Alastair Campbell can try and pretend we said all sorts of things we didn't say.

In that way, I can't try and pretend to be Lee.

Some universities would decide it was not viable or sensible "to try and pretend to be a comprehensive research university".

But equally, you're ignoring how these people feel if you try and pretend they don't feel their area is changing.

"There was no shouting match, I didn't try and pretend I had the situation under control," Ben recalls.

Or try and pretend that politically stabbing his brother in the front, back and scalp wasn't the single greatest act of treachery Westminster has ever seen.

Mr Obama told his security detail to leave the protester and the heckler alone before saying to them: "The easy way out is to try to yell and pretend like I can do something by violating our laws.

They keep on trying to harangue and pretend what they have on their books is still what it's worth".

A lot of women in violent situations try and hide the evidence, and pretend it's not happening.

Many bring folding chairs, coolers and portable stereos and try to pretend that the steel pilings of a 12-foot-tall fence don't separate them.

I think once you're over a certain age, you're expected to become invisible and dress in black and try to pretend you don't exist anymore.