Example sentences of "[modal v] pass for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are now supposed to understand Enterprise Solutions less as a show than as a high-level executive meeting that might pass for a meeting of the Unix War College . |
| 2 | He could pass for a European , an Italian or a Frenchman from one of the Southern regions , like Provence . |
| 3 | I 'm supposed to find a guy in a white coat who could pass for a hospital attendant . |
| 4 | You could pass for a musickie model . ’ |
| 5 | But for his longer hair and dark stubble , Richard , 30 , could pass for a cigarette card image of his father . |
| 6 | He could pass for a native of Sweden certainly , and probably of Norway and of Denmark . |
| 7 | At Rosthwaite he spotted what he knew in this district could pass for an inn . |