Her mother pretended not to notice and walked out to the car with him.

At first, my mother and Danny pretended that they had not heard.

Their mother pretended she had left to get something else.

My mother and sisters were sleeping in their bedrooms - or pretending to.

My mother pretended not to hear that insult.

So the other mothers pretended I wasn't there.

But in this case, when he returns, the boy's mother pretends not to know him.

She has hated it for months, watching its mother pretend to love it.

They say some mothers, hoping to avoid workfare, pretend they have no one to watch their children.

At lunch my mother completely forgets to serve Hadley and pretends that it is an accident.