Example sentences of "in real life " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he admitted , ‘ In real life ( as opposed to his novel ) there was repression … |
| 2 | Looked different from what I had imagined , but then places in real life often are different from what you imagine them to be . |
| 3 | It should describe how the characters , usually non-aristocratic or less educated , express moods , emotions and actions as they would in real life . |
| 4 | By so doing he originated a style of dance which owed its liveliness to the way such people behaved and danced in real life . |
| 5 | In real life the onlookers are part of the activity and usually join in . |
| 6 | A study of how people react in real life when affected by any kind of emotion and mood soon reveals how the movements of the whole body can change . |
| 7 | Conventional gestures are valuable not only because they often appear in the epics themselves , but also because they are universally recognised as a means of communication in real life and have been used on the stage since the earliest days of the theatre . |
| 8 | This is probably the most difficult material to handle because the many characters and nationalities involved in the various available libretti must express themselves as distinctively as they do in real life and the choreographer must try and ensure his design has some semblance of reality if it is to communicate meaning . |
| 9 | A novel scatty yet dense , as when events are badly related in real life . |
| 10 | In real life , men called England end up as football manager of Wales . |
| 11 | In real life he would have been sued for millions and his story turned into a mini-series , but it 's nice to dream . |
| 12 | They were showing a film , The Life of Christ , and though this was clearly an illusion as well it had taken place in real life , and uncle was very much a believer . |
| 13 | Well , it 's not quite like that in real life , more a case of methodical checks to minimise any possible risks ; firstly , the exterior of the aircraft , then all the internal switches , knobs , buttons and dials . |
| 14 | To make a character worse than oneself it is only necessary to release imaginatively from control some of the bad passions which , in real life , are always straining at the leash ; the Satan , the Iago , the Becky Sharp , within each of us , is always there and only too ready , the moment the leash is slipped , to come out and have in our books that holiday we try to deny them in life . |
| 15 | This sounds like a true distinction , but in real life things are a little different . |
| 16 | The Mafia wear my clothes in real life ; it 's all good business ! ’ |
| 17 | PERHAPS the biggest challenge is to find the perfect sound to accompany an action which has no equivalent in real life . |
| 18 | How can a country which is so deeply intolerant of sexual differences in real life offer so raucous a welcome to such creatures ? |
| 19 | Yet this is a politician not given to balancing market forces against anything : as unreal an animal , implies rich socialist Mr Mortimer , as a green Tory party in real life . |
| 20 | In real life , Edward returned unexpectedly from Swindon to visit the Noble household and , though unable to see his dying mentor , became a support to Mrs Noble and her daughters , while his friendship with Helen grew into love . |
| 21 | He was in bathing trunks , more tanned than he was in real life , his body glistening with suntan oil , and she was aware that she , although she dared not picture herself , was in a bikini . |
| 22 | In real life she went round clubs measuring men 's dicks to see if you could tell which club a man frequented by the size of his dick . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We 're gon na take it to the extreme , the whole cahuna , ’ says Kool-Tee , who in real life is noticeably hard of hair . |
| 24 | Some individuals are not at all photogenic and really do look much better in real life than in pictures . |
| 25 | In real life , people 's reactions are much more confused and muddled , but it is usually possible to see the patterns described , even though the individual 's particular experience is unique . |
| 26 | ‘ I am , indeed , a Marine officer in real life , ’ North had told an audience of contra supporters in Nashville in May 1986 , ‘ and Washington is not real life … it is not the real world , but a veritable vacuum . ’ |
| 27 | No story without Sykes ; but with Sykes , in real life , probably no story . |
| 28 | They are more often to be seen on Irish calendars than in real life ( except as ruins ) , but many survive as comfortable homes . |
| 29 | You must have met in real life quite a few Baron Ochses when you were in Salzburg in the 1920s . |
| 30 | ‘ In real life she 's a shy little thing . |