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"Alistair Darling: Not Too 'Knackered' to Enjoy Satisfying Sex Life With Wife" -- headline, Daily Telegraph (London), March 30
Please Passover the Bread James Taranto 2010
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Special praise also to Christoph Waltz for playing that rarest of creatures - an evil Nazi bad guy who wasn't torn straight out of The Hack Screenwriter's Bumper Book Of Knackered Cliches this one was weirder and camper than a field full of pink tents, and hence fundamentally non-hot.
What I Did Over The Bank Holiday Weekend juliette 2009
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Special praise also to Christoph Waltz for playing that rarest of creatures - an evil Nazi bad guy who wasn't torn straight out of The Hack Screenwriter's Bumper Book Of Knackered Cliches this one was weirder and camper than a field full of pink tents, and hence fundamentally non-hot.
Archive 2009-09-01 juliette 2009
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Knackered in that waking up is nigh-impossible, and once I'm up any physical activity is a strain.
Body on strike 2008
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TWENTY-THREE Knackered didn't describe how Barbara Havers felt as she switched off the Mini's ignition at the top of the Lark's Haven driveway.
In the Presence of the Enemy George, Elizabeth 1996
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Motorsports - 'Knackered' Stoner pleased with first win Motorsports - Webber hails gutsy Red Bull one-two
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And then there are the muscle cramps and the immense tiredness ... this health bulletin seeming horribly appropriate as we reach what will be the last sketch of Stages in the Writer's Career, which we might entitle When You Have Been Doing it For Ages And Are Knackered.
The Guardian World News AL Kennedy 2011
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Knackered, coated in baby-vomit and deafened by whining thanks to the Ron4Nestyn brainwashing offensive: launched Saturday with singalong 'n' advice session at Nestyn Elders 'Home (taught them "vote for Ron, dear", to the tune of Oh My Darling), then appointments each half hour till nightfall.
The Guardian World News Ron Scuttle 2010
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Knackered - Only problem with working over the weekend, well ONE of the problems with working over the weekend, is just how [...]
One Man Lifestream 2010
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Knackered - Only problem with working over the weekend, well ONE of the problems with working over the weekend, is just how [...]
One Man Lifestream Gordon 2010
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