We are literally being asked to jump onto glass
David Trimble
(Or some other Unionist.) Regarding the Northern Ireland peace talks.
Literally the sun in his pocket
He will literally have the sun in his pocket
Scaramanga
The Man with the Golden Gun
Literally seismic shift
There has been a literally seismic shift in Sinn Fein’s position
Tony Blair
BBC Radio 5
Literally a handful of teachers
There are only a handful of teachers, literally, earning £40,000 a year
Anon
BBC Radio 5
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
Literally head-hunted
We’ve literally head-hunted the best group of buyers in the business
Anon
QVC Shopping Channel
Literally bursting for a pee
You are quite literally bursting for a pee by the time you get to the car
Damon Hill
Literally blew his opponent away
He literally blew his opponent away
Ian Carter
BBC Radio 5, report on a Tennis match
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
Results are literally flooding out
Following 15 years of research, results are literally flooding out of the laboratories
Anon
BBC Radio 4
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
The corporate market is being projected to literally explode at over 200 percent
Anon
Report on Internet telephony, Faulkner Information Services
Food supplies literally running out
Following Hurricane Mitch, food supplies in Honduras have literally been running out
Anon
BBC Radio 4
Literally from under the noses
Two Mafia bosses escaped from a courthouse literally from under the noses of their guards
Anon
BBC Radio 4
Literally drive the mud out of town
They are trying to literally drive the mud out of town
News correspondent
Literally petrified
I was petrified, literally petrified
Anon
Survivor of fire, BBC South Local News
Literally the whole world stopped
What was it like when literally the whole world stopped to notice you?
John Inverdale
On Side, BBC1
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
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