I don't want to pretend to have any kind of authority.
And I do not want to pretend that there is one now.
But neither do I want to pretend that we don't have some serious time pressure at work.
I don't want to pretend that music has some kind of higher power.
He wants to pretend to die and start his life over.
You want me to pretend I don't see what you're doing?
But you want me to pretend it's something else, at least in public.
I want you to pretend with me for a moment.
But for now, tonight, he wanted to pretend this was real.
Mark wasn't ready to fight, and didn't want to pretend he was.