Sentence examples for using the pretence of from inspiring English sources
Traill read out multiple accounts of O'Sullivan using the pretence of tucking a boy's shirt in to reach down into his pants and rub his buttocks.
It has used the pretence of talks to buy time.
Hunt, enraged by his own ineffectiveness, had used the pretence of 50-50 ball to jump two-footed towards Toni Kroos on the halfway line, 10 minutes from the end.
The story was the exact kind of violent and paranoia-stoking stuff that 2000AD used the pretence of a science-fiction banner to deflect criticism with.
I went on the pretence of using door work to break into journalism.
In response, Ma-Ma's forces seize the tower's security control room and seal the building, using its blast shields under the pretence of a security test, preventing the Judges from leaving or summoning help.
I didn't tell my family I was obliged to watch last night's instalment early for professional reasons, and by the time you've read this I will have shamelessly used this advantage to further the pretence of my expertise.
The legal aciton, led by Mr Sullivan described accounts in the UK, Switzerland and the Caribbean, that had been used to cover the president's lavish spending under the pretence of financing overseas intelligence operations.
Particularly odd is his inclusion of Headley, whose work is based on the pretence of authenticity - and is therefore, to use Sandhu's formulation, "emergency literature" - and whose books are only marginally about London.
They calculate the percentages, and maintain the pretence of pragmatism.
I love the pretence of it all".
