Sentence examples of "gab vor" in German
Tom gab vor, nicht zu wissen, wie man zu Marias Schule kommt.
Tom pretended not to know how to get to Mary's school.
Der Junge gab vor, lesen zu können, aber er hielt das Buch falsch herum.
The boy pretended he could read, but he was holding the book upside down.
Glücklicherweise gab es vor der Passage, in der Dima geschlafen hatte, einen Armani-Laden.
Thankfully, there was an Armani store just outside the alley where Dima had slept.
Primitive Rechenapparate gab es schon lange vor Entwicklung des Computers.
Primitive calculating machines existed long before computers were developed.
Sie hörte vor ein paar Minuten auf, ihre Kleider zu bügeln.
She finished ironing the clothes a few minutes ago.
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