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as big as life

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Near it, and part of it, is Willemzoon, with her plain face and her deep sapphire eyes, as big as life, and no bigger.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2016

There was as big as life," Pileggi recalls, "and Nora leaned across to me in the theatre and said, 'This one is for real… you can't just phone it in.'

From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2013

Every time they pick up their newspaper�or so it seems�there is their own Dave Powers, sitting as big as life next to the President of the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Next Sunday, as big as life, there it was in the Herald Tribune.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was Nanuq, as big as life and almost on top of them.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz