But there is no use pretending that the political landscape hasn't changed.
It's no use pretending you don't care, that you're stronger than a man.
It's no use pretending this was a forced marriage - I'm afraid they've made their bed.
There was no use pretending the woman did not frighten her.
Even so, there was no use pretending any longer to be a stranger to the Tower.
But it was no use pretending they were suddenly one big happy family.
There is no use pretending that their economic problems will disappear with the war.
We had been through something important together and there was no use pretending it hadn't happened.
But there's no use pretending, as some Democrats are doing, that the party's chances for 1992 have not been hurt.
It was no use pretending that she felt too ill to eat.