Genetically modified crops are made by taking part of the DNA from one plant and literally firing it into another plant
Anon
BBC Radio 4
Author: Mike
The corporate market is being projected to literally explode at over 200 percent
Anon
Report on Internet telephony, Faulkner Information Services
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Food supplies literally running out
Following Hurricane Mitch, food supplies in Honduras have literally been running out
Anon
BBC Radio 4
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Literally from under the noses
Two Mafia bosses escaped from a courthouse literally from under the noses of their guards
Anon
BBC Radio 4
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Literally drive the mud out of town
They are trying to literally drive the mud out of town
News correspondent
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Literally petrified
I was petrified, literally petrified
Anon
Survivor of fire, BBC South Local News
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Literally the whole world stopped
What was it like when literally the whole world stopped to notice you?
John Inverdale
On Side, BBC1
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Literally barrow-loads of evidence
We have literally barrow-loads of evidence that cigarette advertising does not increase smoking habits
Max Mosley
BBC Radio 5
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Literally fight for the ball
Hartson had to literally fight for the ball
Alan Parry
Sky Sports, West Ham v Arsenal
They’re literally signing the peace process on the bodies of dead men
Member of public
Northern Ireland, BBC Radio 5
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Literally blew his fortune
One lottery winner literally blew his fortune of £2.5 million
Anon
Today Programme, BBC Radio 4
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Literally incandescent with rage
I was literally incandescent with rage
Unknown politician
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Literally whisked around the school
The parents were literally whisked around the school
Teacher
Thornhill High School
Space-station Mir is literally a few tin cans joined together
Space correspondent
BBC Radio 5
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Literally threatening the worms
Hingis is literally threatening the worms under the ground
Tennis commentator
BBC Radio 5
The bird literally dropped out of the sky as I was photographing a Grey-tailed Tattler
Rich Fuller
In his submission for Halmahera’s first Little Curlew
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Literally suspend trading
We had to literally suspend trading for the afternoon
Disgruntled businessman
BBC Look North
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Literally swallowed the ball
James literally swallowed the ball into his chest
Gary Stevens
BBC Radio 5, Southampton v Liverpool
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Literally clubs the ball
Zola literally clubs the ball around the park
Trevor Steven
BBC Radio 5, Sunderland v Chelsea
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Literally deafening
The sound system was literally deafening to the people in the nearby village
Anon
West Country News