They literally can’t live with him anymore
Darren Bent, commenting on Burnley’s defence trying to stop Leeds’s Rodrigo
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Literally climb up the charts
We were watching the record literally climb up the charts
Paul Carrack
BBC Radio 2 Sounds of the 70s
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Literally land on a sixpence
[Kevin De Bruyne] literally has to land it on a sixpence
Gary Neville, commentating on EFL Carabao Cup Final between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur
These pigs are literally hoovering the forest floor
Fred Sirieix, Chef
Describing pigs foraging for acorns in the New Forest
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Your head would literally explode
If your brain took in everything at equal value, your head would literally explode off your shoulders!
Mel Robbins, “Motivational Speaker”.
(That doesn’t especially motivate me though.)
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Literally bounced and bulldozed
Krunal Pandya has literally bounced and bulldozed his way back into the Indian team
Dinesh Karthik, Sky TV, India v England ODI
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He literally can’t buy a run
He [KL Rahul] suddenly goes through these periods when he literally can’t buy a run.
Nasser Hussain, Sky TV, India v England T20
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Literally wiped out
The vulture population was literally wiped out
Facebook post
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Literally running them ragged
They [Spurs] are literally running them ragged
Ian Wright, Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley
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Literally pinpoint accuracy
Sensational pass to pick someone out, literally pinpoint accuracy
Andy Townsend, Manchester City v West Ham
They [the birds] go through the food so quickly—literally eating us out of house and home
Dr Mya-Rose Craig “Birdgirl”, The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show with Alan Carr, BBC Radio 2
The country was literally split in two by the EU referendum
Jon Danzig, Journalist
When you appear on stage at the London Palladium you’re literally standing on the shoulders of giants
Joe Pasquale, TV tribute programme for the late Des O’Connor
It got the Kings XI literally to take the game out of the Sunrisers’ pocket
Lisa Sthalekar, Kings XI Punjab v Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL
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Literally not laid a glove
They’ve [Sheffield United] literally not laid a glove yet
Matthew Upson, Sheffield Utd v Manchester City
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Literally blow your mind
… this is, quite literally, going to blow your mind…
Chris Packham, Autumnwatch, BBC2
An introduction to a film about… Oh I don’t know, I’ve forgotten, because it blew my mind
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Literally crashed through the doors
When Jeremy Corbyn won the Labour leadership, his team literally crashed through the doors
Owen Jones, “This Land”
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Literally in a different galaxy
You see people literally in a different galaxy who are paying extraordinarily low rates of tax
Nick Clegg
Deputy Prime Minister
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Literally died and went to Heaven
I just died and went to heaven, literally and instantly
Neneh Cherry
BBC Radio 2
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Literally playing for your lives
It’s difficult to play a game where you’re literally playing for your lives
Ian Wright
Commentating on Southampton v Manchester City