Example sentences of "pass it off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wanted to pass it off through words — none would come . |
| 2 | This is because the ‘ syntax ’ of theory , the logic on which it is based , is at the root of structures which have historically been used to trivialize , marginalize , and devalue the discourse of women , to pass it off at best as a mere fiction , and at worst as an illicit form of language use or one in poor taste , like the pun . |
| 3 | But soon the colleges came to grips with Little Shop of Horrors as a topic for campus debate the world over , and they decided that Corman was telling them that he was not trying to hide the fact that it was a cheaply made film — this was the one he shot in two days — but he was n't trying to pass it off as serious movie-making either . |
| 4 | Whatever the truth , it 's the all-mahogany Customs that have escaped the attentions of guitar-fakers , who often take a mid-'50s gold-top , strip the paint off , rout it for PAFs , refinish it sunburst and try to pass it off as a late-'50s Les Paul Standard . |
| 5 | Then , this morning ( I woke up early ) before he came down , I decided to pass it off as something unimportant . |
| 6 | Says GAMTA : ‘ Once again the CAA is side-stepping this issue and passing it off to JAA … |
| 7 | A Rhodian , Menodotus , collaborated with another Rhodian to forge a bronze statue of Apollo and pass it off as a work of the early fifth century BC . |
| 8 | She passed it off as a joke , furious that she had given herself away . |
| 9 | He took a wagonload of the spoiled crop to San Francisco and passed it off as a Peruvian delicacy . |
| 10 | She had passed it off at the time , saying , ‘ That 's right , Sarah ! |