Example sentences of "could pass [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Now the River Ant contains up to 60 mg/litre of nitrate and ‘ days could pass without a bite ’ .
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 .
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