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Literally jump onto glass

We are literally being asked to jump onto glass

David Trimble
(Or some other Unionist.) Regarding the Northern Ireland peace talks.
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Literally the sun in his pocket

He will literally have the sun in his pocket

Scaramanga
The Man with the Golden Gun
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Literally seismic shift

There has been a literally seismic shift in Sinn Fein’s position

Tony Blair
BBC Radio 5
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Literally a handful of teachers

There are only a handful of teachers, literally, earning £40,000 a year

Anon
BBC Radio 5
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Literally throwing your money away

By paying your building insurance with your mortgage you could be literally throwing your money away

Anon
Direct Line TV commercial
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Literally head-hunted

We’ve literally head-hunted the best group of buyers in the business

Anon
QVC Shopping Channel
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Literally bursting for a pee

You are quite literally bursting for a pee by the time you get to the car

Damon Hill
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Literally blew his opponent away

He literally blew his opponent away

Ian Carter
BBC Radio 5, report on a Tennis match
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Literally full of Grey Seals

I come from Boscastle, where I remember the harbour being literally full of Grey Seals

Computer teacher
Tutor, Computing course
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Results are literally flooding out

Following 15 years of research, results are literally flooding out of the laboratories

Anon
BBC Radio 4
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Literally firing it into another plant

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
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Literally explode at over 200 percent

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
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Literally signing on the bodies of dead men

They’re literally signing the peace process on the bodies of dead men

Member of public
Northern Ireland, BBC Radio 5