Example sentences of "[det] [noun] be anything to go by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those pith-helmeted cavaliers who despatched rhinos with a single well-placed slug from an army pistol while the colonel 's daughter cowered behind the baobab had simple natures but not , if this ox was anything to go by , simple hearts . |
| 2 | ‘ You come under the sign for twins , if this card is anything to go by , ’ he said , picking up the card Myra had sent . |
| 3 | If this scene was anything to go by , Kruger would have him in a cellar with the waters slowly rising . |
| 4 | If Keith Wright 's performance in this match was anything to go by , then he will certainly be glad when Jackson is back riding shotgun with him in the Hibs attack . |
| 5 | ‘ Good , live firing 's just stopped and if the last few nights are anything to go by , we 'll be hearing from the battlegroup soon , once their own fitters have had a chance to check out the day 's casualties. , |
| 6 | Nursing may have gone through massive changes in the past years , but the humour — and image of the nurse — appears to have remained remarkably constant ( or stagnant ? ) , if these postcards are anything to go by . |
| 7 | How Bunce Court got through the war it is hard to imagine , but get through it did and with flying colours , if the testimony of former pupils is anything to go by . |
| 8 | Adjectives will creep in , if my own experience is anything to go by . |
| 9 | Later , I reflected that to be in receipt of confidences of this kind , if my own experience was anything to go by , could be insufferably taxing to the patience . |