Example sentences of "a [adj] [subord] life " in BNC.
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| 1 | The simple story of a mentally handicapped child or adult growing up would not be considered dramatic enough for fictional representation ; the drama must focus on a series of events which create a larger than life situation , which will play on the emotions of the viewers . |
| 2 | ‘ He was a huge man , a larger than life character , ’ Ufton added . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's a larger than life person with the character to put it all behind him . ’ |
| 4 | Above the usual Fraggle style , the leaping around and smiling a lot stage presence , the Northampton four-piece have a frontman with a larger than life aura akin to Perry Farrell and Miles Hunt . |
| 5 | She was like a larger than life fantasy that had just come true . |
| 6 | At a depth of 16 metres he came across a larger than life size bronze foot sticking out of the sand that proved only to be the tip of a large area of buried statues dating from the fifth century BC to the fourth century AD . |
| 7 | But Cooper 's figures also possess a larger than life boldness due not so much to childlike innocence but to the kind of confidence we imagine Eve and Adam had before the Fall , However , she is not confronting us with an easily gained optimism nor do her disembodied heads , upturned women and mild impassive eyes really evoke a vision of dream . |
| 8 | Gregg was a larger than life character on and off the field — but he 's not about to put any pressure on his son . |
| 9 | , 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 . |
| 10 | ( My great grandfather lived here and he was a larger than life character . |
| 11 | Margi 's stage persona is still a larger than life version of the Kirkby girl and strikes obvious chords with some of her audience . |
| 12 | VAUX chairman Paul Nicholson has always had a larger than life attitude to the manner in which he conducts his business . |