Example sentences of "if [pron] be like [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 If you are like me , and feel hopelessly inadequate having toiled to the top of your favourite peak in what seemed to be ‘ the worst weather I 've seen for years , ’ only to come across a party equipped with jeans , trainers , and Tescos bags , then the Mourne Mountains are for you .
2 If not then add the cost of your time , charged at your usual rate of pay — and if you are like me then you will take at least five times as long as a garage , because of having less experience and fewer tools ( such as a hoist ) .
3 If you 're like me you 've still got a fair way to go !
4 Some players can cover both strings at once , but if you 're like me you 'll have to move finger 3 from one string to the other when required , holding the C chord with fingers 1 and 2 only .
5 If you 're like me , winter is a time of withdrawal symptoms and dreaming of clear blue skies .
6 But if you 're like me moving to a , a house that 's been established for some years you 'll probably find there 's only a minimum of power points because let's face it over the years the use of electrical apparatus have become more and more has n't it ?
7 You 'd recognize this if you are a driver and especially a driver who maybe has the opportunity of travelling long distance , now years ago when I was younger and perhaps some of you in the audience when you were younger , you could go from here to the South of England with no trouble , without a break and you 'd head on down the motorway and you , you 'd be alert and alive and er ready to meet up with all sorts of emergencies and you 'd drive quite well all the way down , non stop down the South of England , but if you 're like me now , when I get to Stafford on the motorway you 're beginning to feel as if you 've had enough and it 's difficult to try and keep your concentration as you used to years ago , and that 's how it can be in the truth sometimes , when we 've been with it a long time that , we grow older not only physically , but spiritually too we become very experienced in the truth and we become very sort of fat spiritually , we can live off of that fat ca n't we ?
8 I do n't know , if you 're like me but , I must confess , I I get er , I would n't say pleasure , but I rather like those incidents where he tells the disciples off , not because he 's telling them off , but because I can fit in wi with what they 've been up to !
9 is n't so bad but , I mean if you 're like us and I mean the smoke 's just
10 It 's nice to have someone else here , even if they 're like you . ’
11 How could we decide whether it had free will or was just a robot , programmed to respond as if it were like us ?
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