Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] be anything to go by " in BNC.

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1 She felt a frisson of gratitude at his thoughtfulness ; then , reminded absurdly of Ethel ( who had not so much wanted to be a bridesmaid , as to be asked ) : It is not that I look forward to it , she thought , if Frank was anything to go by , but at least I would expect to be , tonight , a little irresistible …
2 If Nils was anything to go by , he might .
3 Yet if newspapers are anything to go by , not much seems to have happened since the list was announced . ’
4 If looks are anything to go by , he 's thinking in his head all the time . ’
5 IF HISTORY is anything to go by , the legal action being brought in Britain by 3,000 patients against Wyeth ( a subsidiary of American Home Products ) and Switzerland 's Hoffmann-La Roche will either be dismissed or settled out of court for a pittance .
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