Example sentences of "larger than [noun sg] character " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was a huge man , a larger than life character , ’ Ufton added . |
| 2 | But make sure you pay attention not just to the basic impulses and enthusiasms , which are sound and fine ; not just to the incidental portrait of a consummate mountaineer in the passages about Dave Breashears ; but also to a strange sort of instinctual third dimension which Blessed 's larger than life character seems to entice into play : |
| 3 | Gregg was a larger than life character on and off the field — but he 's not about to put any pressure on his son . |
| 4 | , intake operator , is a larger than life character and is extremely popular around the maltings , which is just as well when you see his size ! usually takes the barley samples and generally attends to the drivers . |
| 5 | He was a very much larger than life character who it is understood , although it may not be strictly true , was sacked three times by his company for which he worked as a salesman . |
| 6 | ( My great grandfather lived here and he was a larger than life character . |