1. He got into the house on the pretext of checking the gas .

2. I called her on the pretext of needing more information.

3. The aggressor troops marched into the neighbouring country on the pretext of searching for their missing soldier.

4. He left the party early on the pretext of having work to do.

5. Tom called at her apartment on the pretext of asking for a book.

6. He used to spend hours at her house on the pretext of giving her Japanese lessons.

7. I lingered, on the pretext of finishing half a glass of champagne.

8. He stayed away on the pretext of ill health.

9. He absented himself from the meeting on the pretext of illness.

10. He excused himself on the pretext of a stomach upset.

11. He came to see me on the pretext of asking my advice.

12. Ivor and Pauline were lured back to Stroud's bungalow at Staunton,[sentencedict.com] on the pretext of discussing the cash settlement.

13. Second, the Vatican must not interfere in China's internal affairs on the pretext of religious affairs.

14. The network media by the use is by actually the disassimilation medium authority, is only this kind of medium authority on the pretext of for some kind of dissemination technology.