Example sentences of "as if you " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were as cool as if you were out for a stroll , ’ Moran said . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , that 's the Eiffel Tower , ’ and he says it in the same tone of voice as if you had shown him a portrait of Grandpa , and he had said : ‘ So that 's your grandfather I 've heard so much about . |
| 3 | The results will be exactly the same as if you sowed carefully in drill : a total of five seedlings will come up — four on the same square inch and the fifth in the crack on the path ! |
| 4 | If you are n't as good as if you were in church , the train wo n't come , and we sha n't go away in it to the ends of the earth . |
| 5 | The massive pin-sharp image completely fills the five-storey screen and you are there , as surely as if you were in an orbiting Shuttle . |
| 6 | Pascal warned that ‘ hearsay is so far from being a criterion of belief that you should not believe anything until you have put yourself into the same state as if you had never heard it . ’ |
| 7 | If you eat more on some days and less on others , you will shed weight just as successfully as if you stuck to the same number of calories each day . |
| 8 | Today we can talk about sex without modesty or fear , but bring up the subject of death and you will be treated with the same social horror as if you had brought up the subject of masturbation at a Victorian ladies ' tea party . |
| 9 | If you continually can not get through to your debtor , the message is as clear as if you had spoken to him . |
| 10 | These are made in the same kind of way but for each pattern shape you work on the same set of needles as if you were turning the heel of a sock . |
| 11 | If you do not have an overseas domicile , you will have to pay the tax at the same rates as if you lived in Britain . |
| 12 | But that 's the same as if you willed spouse had died before you for instance , and you were the second of two to die and she had n't or she might have everything to the children and you still got a hundred and sixty thousand pounds , you ca n't avoid the inheritance tax in those circumstances . |
| 13 | So that the bill I would es estimate , if you have a solicitor as executor would be the same as if you had a private person as ex as executor who went to see that solicitor . |
| 14 | It may be added that where facts are given from which the negligence or unreasonableness ( or absence of it ) may be inferred , you should argue from these facts in much the same way as if you were addressing a jury . |
| 15 | Erm just the same as if you had had a good nights sleep . |
| 16 | Now sir , can you tell me this , ’ and she looked him straight in the eyes , ‘ will it be just the same for him as if you had baptized him ? ’ |
| 17 | But apart from that he , he was a , he was er humorous too by nature and er he was , he was quite free in as much as if you made an approach to him , and he understood that you were n't there just for fun , he would set up a meeting and discuss it with you , er and go into details and at the same time , give you an answer at the earliest possible moment . |
| 18 | Apply the same techniques as if you were visiting them , and make each " interruption " work for you . |
| 19 | You will be called upon to use your professional training and ability in much the same way as if you were working in private practice . |
| 20 | But yo it sounds as if you were a very independent person . |
| 21 | Obviously , if you 're a very tiny newborn baby , the amount of food you need to er , put on extra pound weight , is , is not going to be the same as if you are a much larger child , and you want to put on proportionately the same amount of X pounds , whatever it would be , it would be same the same proportion of your weight . |
| 22 | erm are not for example , if you phone London from Bournemouth it 's not the same band as if you phoned erm |
| 23 | And it does n't sound quite as clear as if you have to think about who you 're talking to . |