Sentence examples for if I were already from inspiring English sources

In Minneapolis, in Madison, Wis., and again in Chicago, the friends I met up with offered congratulations as if I were already taking a victory lap.

Some Japanese stood around and stared at him, and Father Schiffer whispered, with a weak smile, "It is as if I were already dead".

My workplace has a policy requiring a doctor's note for this change, and my physician said she'd provide one only if I were already being treated for a condition that would necessitate it.

"What if I'm already dead?

If I'm already dead, how can I live?

I figured that if I was already collecting the money for the papers, I could sell them oil, too.

It was kind of a flawed rationale: if I'm already at this level, what's an extra 10 percent?

Instead of just sitting and turning and looking at the window, if I'm already standing then I'll walk over to the window and come back".

The strange thing is that I have this sense of nostalgia, as if I'm already looking back at it, even while I'm doing it".

When I went looking for help, a university welfare officer told me that this was not the place for me if I was already struggling.

But even by writing out her stats, I feel as if I'm already defending her against charges of fatness (she's big but proportional!), and playing into the dysfunctional dialogue about body size.