Example sentences of "pass [pn reflx] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sceptical officers thought he was trying to pass himself off as motor racing 's world champ . |
| 2 | And he was still worrying about how to pass himself off as the long-dead Bard when police nicked him dithering outside a bank . |
| 3 | Who were you hoping to pass yourself off as ? ’ |
| 4 | John Howard Griffin made himself up to look like a negro and passed himself off as one in the southern USA for his book Black Like Me . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When war breaks out , he becomes separated from his relatives , but manages to survive the war by passing himself off as a German soldier of Aryan origin . |
| 7 | ‘ He 's admitted passing himself off as the Prince 's chef , and when his dastardly plan to assassinate His Royal Highness by poison did n't work , he kidnapped him . |
| 8 | Of course , the only way out of his troubles would be to confess to someone that he was passing himself off as a Muslim for the purposes of financial gain . |
| 9 | Character statistics play very little part in the proceedings , which is unforgivable for a product passing itself off as a roleplaying game . |
| 10 | Though the doubt is really an expression of not-being-committed , it passes itself off as an excuse for not-committing . |
| 11 | In the film Hospital George C. Scott plays the administrator attempting to impose some order on the chaos of misadventure , accidents , and disasters passing themselves off as medical care . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's not certain , but there 's a suggestion that they have stolen British army trucks and uniforms and , with forged documents , pass themselves off as official convoys . |
| 13 | He proceeded , unchallenged , to the shuttle docks where he 'd previously concealed the identity backup so that he could pass himself off as a human shuttle-worker . |
| 14 | I wonder how many years unqualified people could pass themselves off as consultant thoracic surgeons , for example , without detection . |
| 15 | Were it not for certain agreeable female attributes , you could very nearly pass yourself off as his double . ’ |