Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] anything to go by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because he was n't just the same hard , tough personality that he always had been : he was now far more dangerous — certainly if her present fragile emotions were anything to go by . |
| 2 | If this scene was anything to go by , Kruger would have him in a cellar with the waters slowly rising . |
| 3 | In this case , her thought processes were negative , seeking before all else to draw suspicion away from Barney but lacking the vital scene-of-crime evidence which , if Harris 's attitude was anything to go by , pointed strongly at his guilt . |
| 4 | 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 … |
| 5 | The room would be packed shoulder-to-shoulder and the show , if previous years were anything to go by , would probably be okay . |
| 6 | If Nils was anything to go by , he might . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But if the way he treated Professor Liawski was anything to go by , I bet his mother would have had trouble finding something good to say about him . |
| 9 | If Elise 's diary was anything to go by , their affair had finished three weeks before her death . |
| 10 | If the rest of the media were anything to go by , you 'd assume that most women were at each other 's throats . |
| 11 | If tonight 's exhibition was anything to go by , they moaned , Faust have n't been up to much during their long absence and have sadly allowed lesser talents to steal much of their thunder . |
| 12 | Roman ran a hand through his hair , a thing he had done more than once this morning if its state was anything to go by . |
| 13 | Because there was nothing left any more for him to care about , and if his attitude over the past forty-eight bours was anything to go by , he was keeping it that way . |
| 14 | If what Robert had seen , to date , of the school 's cricket was anything to go by , today was going to be an exhausting experience . |
| 15 | A rather racy novel , if the cover was anything to go by . |
| 16 | She was aware that her mother had already had her first drink , and was on to her second , if not third glass of wine , if the bottle was anything to go by . |
| 17 | If the bar conversation was anything to go by , the people of Oswaldston were going to react to their newly famous son by first denigrating him and then resenting any outsider who made claim to him . |
| 18 | Murrayfield will provide a feast of entertaining rugby if the quality of the tournament at Catania was anything to go by . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It would be an interesting landing , if his experience of weather patterns was anything to go by . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Aware , as she most certainly was , that she could not be pleased to see him — grief , if past experience was anything to go by , they 'd no doubt be going for each other 's throats before the meal was half over — Leith returned to the kitchen and prepared some salad . |
| 23 | But , if first impressions were anything to go by , one thing it would not be : boring . |
| 24 | Death by a thousand tortures , Ronni imagined , if the look on his face was anything to go by . |
| 25 | Nor , if the enquiring look on her face was anything to go by , had she been informed to expect her . |
| 26 | If the red sunset was anything to go by , those rocks would really have their work cut out next day to be anything less than either hot or sunny . |