Which preposition to use with pretending

to Occurrences 310%

He pretended to himself that he didn't want any more French money.

in Occurrences 16%

She enslaves herself in order to enslave others, and pretends in her disorder to control and dominate much more intelligent and cultured peoples.

for Occurrences 13%

It is very common for Shakespeare and his contemporaries to use the word pretend for intend.

at Occurrences 10%

" "I need not pretend at this late day to be as clever as Jack," the colonel said, in some bewilderment.

with Occurrences 6%

" "But you cannot pretend with it!"

before Occurrences 2%

If in this he appears to deal fairly by us, proving such things as admit of it, by reason; and such as do not, by the authority of his miracles, &c. Are 'we' likely to have miracles performed or pretended before our eyes?

of Occurrences 2%

And I had no pretending of modesty, but received with gladness and a strangeness of humbleness the honour that her eyes did give to me; for, indeed, she did be so, that she might not give word to her joy of me and her glad respecting, the which is so wondrous good unto the heart of all men that do be loving of a dear and honest maid.

about Occurrences 2%

A certain kind of tree that Dr. Russel has planted round about the bungalow makes a noise exactly like waves, so it is easy to pretend about the sea.

without Occurrences 1%

He writes poetry, and morality, and history: I am a printer, and corrector of the press, and may pretend without vanity to be a tolerably good judge of these matters: he writes them all to my mind extremely fine; and yet he is no more than a Jew."

to Occurrences 1%

Here for the first time we meet with a pastoral composition of some length pretending to a dramatic solution, and contrasting with the stationary character of most of the eclogues we have been examining in that the change of purpose among the actors constitutes a sort of [Greek: peripe/teia], or rivolgimento.

after Occurrences 1%

He replied, he could not hinder my resolutions, but I should not pretend after that to please him; since pleasing him was only to be done by obedience; that if I would disobey, I knew the consequences; he would not fail to confine me, where I might repent at leisure; that he had also consulted my relations, and found them all agreeing in his sentiments.

as Occurrences 1%

They pretended as usual, in order to deceive me the more easily, that they were not surprised at my march.

by Occurrences 1%

We cannot pretend by our supplications or prayers to turn or change thee, for thou art the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever; but the coming into thy presence, the drawing near unto thee, is the only means to be changed ourselves, to become like thee in holiness and purity, to be followers of thee as thy dear children.

like Occurrences 1%

"What do you mean?" "How can you pretend like this," Tristram exclaimed furiously, "when it fell out of your sleeve?

of Occurrences 1%

The Indian Brahmins have a book of scripture called the Shaster; the Persees their Zundivastaw; the Bonzes in China have theirs, written by the disciples of Fo-he, whom they call God and Saviour of the world, who was born to teach the way of salvation, and to give satisfaction for all men's sins: which, you see, is directly the same with what our priests pretend of Christ.

on Occurrences 1%

I did not pretend on this occasion to join in it; I own that my thoughts as well as my eyes were roaming to other objects, and gathering around me the thousand recollections of scenic splendor, of terror, of bigotry, and superstition which were acted in sight of the very walls by which I was surrounded.

out Occurrences 1%

The old womana mere bundle with a pair of eyes in itlooked at her for a moment, and pretending out of delicacy to be talking to herself, she muttered loud enough to be heard: "Oh, that's where it is, is it?

Which preposition to use with  pretending