Example sentences of "if [pers pn] was as " in BNC.

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1 In early 1986 , my foot finally healed and I began to train as if I was as fit as I had been before my injury .
2 Maybe , the Mountie said , but if she was as upset as all that , why had she come on the train at all ?
3 ‘ But I know perfectly well that your welfare services would have put her into a home , if she was as poor as you claim — ’
4 But if it was as clever and efficient as we in the West say it is , then one might expect it to have achieved much more .
5 How simple life would be , if it was as simple as we think !
6 Cos if it was as long as three hours , then I 'd expect Julie would have had to program them in for it would n't she .
7 As he picked his way through the traffic , heading south , Rory wondered if it was as plain as that .
8 My Lords , the the Noble Lord is intensively anxious about this policy , if it was as unsuccessful as the Noble Lord believes , he would n't be exercised about it and sec secondly My Lords on cash protection , the Noble Lord confuses cash protection with money for erm er providing er information to parents .
9 Yeah cos if it was as bad as he said it was , I mean he would only stand up for one or two hours at a time , whereas he 'd been up since nine , he was still sitting up at one o'clock when I arrived there
10 It should n't be too bad at all , she said to her brother , if he was as charming as Hector had been , and more polished with it !
11 [ Now there goes my clerk again , protesting as if he was as chaste as the driven snow .
12 Unfortunately , being a typical Leo , he 'd have stuck to his guns — even if he was as miserable and unhappy as you were .
13 If he was as surprised as she at what amounted to an invitation to share her meal , then he did not show it , but said merely , ‘ Want me to lay the table ? ’
14 He kissed her again , lingeringly , as if he was as reluctant to leave her as she was to let him .
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