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

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1 He could pass for a European , an Italian or a Frenchman from one of the Southern regions , like Provence .
2 Can I , can I just pass for a minute and think on this one and come back .
3 In light colours especially the ‘ short ’ wheelbase version could almost pass for a successor to the mid-range W124 .
4 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 .
5 I 'm supposed to find a guy in a white coat who could pass for a hospital attendant .
6 He could pass for a native of Sweden certainly , and probably of Norway and of Denmark .
7 You could pass for a musickie model . ’
8 But for his longer hair and dark stubble , Richard , 30 , could pass for a cigarette card image of his father .
9 At Rosthwaite he spotted what he knew in this district could pass for an inn .
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