Example sentences of "be for real " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cry should have been for real money , the only means by which genuine choice can be exercised and discrimination on the basis of age eliminated . |
| 2 | If the figures are for real GNP per head then West Germany would fare better , because of its slow growing ( and latterly falling ) population , than America which has had millions of new immigrants . |
| 3 | Derelict land is resilient , robust and interesting , providing private areas that are so necessary to children — land to dirt-track on which cowboys and indians are for real , and ponds to sail boats that never do . |
| 4 | Here the dissatisfactions of the twenties seem to give way to a realization that life is not a rehearsal ; careers are for real . |
| 5 | Speeches , TV events , Senate hearing , newsclips and interviews are for real . |
| 6 | It 's also worth stressing that these books are for real people , with real gardens : we 're not giving them pictures of Blenheim or Buckingham Palace . |
| 7 | You 're for real , or what we call real , according to our limited sensory equipment . |
| 8 | I 'm for real — or what I call real , according to my limited sensory equipment . |
| 9 | ‘ I try to have humility about things , just be for real . |
| 10 | ‘ Can you be for real ? ’ he muttered . |
| 11 | ‘ I know when you said ‘ let's pretend to be engaged ’ you did n't mean it to be for real . ’ |
| 12 | Sometimes the slaps and punches were for real now , and my mother would cry up the stairs in alarm whenever she heard a sudden thump as I fell on the floor or bumped into the furniture . |
| 13 | People sensed that the chilling emergency announcements on shop tannoys were for real . |
| 14 | ‘ It was only a joke but the school secretary , who had a heart condition , thought they were for real and nearly died , ’ says Betty Weller . |
| 15 | It seems gang members cruising by thought some of the actors on set were for real and got heavy . |
| 16 | Only Christian Lacroix , says John Davidson , shines a light into haute couture 's gloomy penitence Lacroix 's clothes were for real women to wear in real-life situations |
| 17 | Ingenues and waifs may find their perfect attire from more avant-garde designers , but Lacroix 's clothes were for real women to wear in real-life situations . |
| 18 | ‘ I respect the fact that The Jam can touch people and what they 're doing is an attempt to be ‘ real ’ — no myth or far-fetched fantasy — and it 's for real people , not people who follow trends . |
| 19 | Mistakes did n't matter so much , but now — well , it 's for real , is n't it , and maybe lives depending on me . |
| 20 | When you see the blood you know it 's for real . |
| 21 | ‘ The party idea 's for real , then ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ No — not unless it 's for real . ’ |
| 23 | A video nasty , but this time it 's for real . |
| 24 | They 're gunned up and fired up and told it 's for real . |
| 25 | This is no joke , mister , it 's for real . |
| 26 | it 's not a joke now it is , it 's for real |
| 27 | Jeff Koons is for real . |
| 28 | This is for real . |
| 29 | Marina Sirtis who plays Deanna Troi gets letters asking if her ‘ amazing cleavage is for real ’ . |
| 30 | Maybe , but if you 've heard Nicolette 's debut album , you 'll know this strange-style hybrid is for real . |