Example sentences of "passed [pron] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 He admitted that they were from Camilla but passed them off as a simple gesture of friendship .
2 Tom passed them by without a glance , heading for the door at the very end of the corridor .
3 A MAN passed himself off as a solicitor to get into a prison and beat up a prisoner accused of molesting his daughter , it was revealed today .
4 He passed her by without a glance , but she could feel the cold waves of antipathy issuing from him , and shivered .
5 Woody Allen passed him over for a musical .
6 She passed it off as a joke , furious that she had given herself away .
7 He took a wagonload of the spoiled crop to San Francisco and passed it off as a Peruvian delicacy .
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