A burst water main has literally lifted the road surface by two feet
Jo Sale
BBC Radio 5 Live
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Literally a sea of red herrings
The police were literally swimming in a sea of red herrings
Sun reporter
Regarding the Jill Dando murder trial
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Literally a shocking murder
This was literally a shocking murder
Anon
BBC Newsnight
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Literally without raising a finger
Do you object to these private companies making tens of millions of pounds, literally without raising a finger?
John Humphreys
Talking to John Prescott, Today Programme, BBC Radio 4
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Literally damaging patients
NHS Primary Care is literally damaging patients
Anon
BBC Breakfast News
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Literally awash with chateaux
Paris is literally awash with chateaux
Harriet Saxton
Holiday (literally?) on a Shoestring, BBC 1
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Crowd literally went wild
The crowd literally went wild when Nelson Mandela appeared
Anon
BBC Radio 5 Live
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Literally millions of emails
We’ve had literally millions of emails
Chris Moyles
BBC Radio 1
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Literally a handful of Page 3 girls
There aren’t many Page 3 girls—literally a handful
Chris Moyles
BBC Radio 1
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Literally up his bum
These people were literally up his bum
Boy George
Referring to the ‘bum’ of David Bowie, and ‘these people’ were Steve Strange of Visage and Marilyn. Potentially a correct use of literally then!
Once again Alesi having to literally throw the Prost into a corner—that really does look evil that car
Martin Brundle
British Grand Prix
He has literally put his money where his mouth is
Anon
BBC Radio 5 Live, on BT Chairman Christopher Bland
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The floor was literally swimming
The ground floor was literally swimming in water
Anon
BBC1 Real Rooms
The sweat was literally dripping off the ceiling
Dave Pearce
BBC Radio 1
The supermarkets really should be contributing more towards the farmers who are literally on their knees
Lembit Opik
Jody Scheckter spun out of control… precipitating a chain reaction that had Grandstand viewers literally falling out of their armchairs
Anon
FHM Formula 1 Diary
If they cannot be transported soon, some cows will literally pass their sell by date
Nick Clarke
World at One
My car is literally on its last legs
Work colleague
Mike’s work colleague
Derby have literally hung on by the skin of their teeth
Football correspondent
BBC Grandstand
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Literally steamrollered Coventry
Everton have literally steamrollered Coventry
Football correspondent
BBC Grandstand