| They were eating steak pie suppers and arguing hammer and tongs when suddenly she got out. |
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| Poor old Gordon has to sleep on the other side of the house, while Cherie's going at it hammer and tongs, screaming like a banshee. |
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| How can you go at a ruling hammer and tongs when you have this sort of culture? |
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| It went into extra-time, you had two world-class teams going at it hammer and tongs. |
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| Give them a different way to go about discussing ideas and the issues that face the world, and they go at it hammer and tongs. |
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| Mara and the president went at it hammer and tongs, beating out offer and counteroffer as blood boiled and tempers rose. |
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| They have played with great tempo, and been so positive in going at their opponents hammer and tongs. |
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| Forging horseshoes, the blacksmith comes prepared with his hammer and tongs. |
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| It is one of the great elements of Origin though – seeing club team-mates go at it hammer and tongs like they can't stand each other. |
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| Twice that, maybe, for a professional critic, academic, or journalist who is going at it hammer and tongs. |
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| You have to go about change diligently, consistently, sometimes with a hammer and tongs, at other times quietly and deliberately. |
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| Go at everything with hammer and tongs. Be prepared to take some shots yourself. |
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| I went at it hammer and tongs, driven by that most powerful of motivators: something to prove. |
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| We had two teams going at it hammer and tongs and the pace of the game was fantastic. |
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| Talking of the lighter material on the album, there's a really funny song Oh comment ça va where you start insulting someone and then go at them hammer and tongs. |
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| They both go at it hammer and tongs, trading howitzers from the back of the court but Verdasco finally sends a tired backhand into the net to give Murray a break point! |
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| This pair are going hammer and tongs at the front. |
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| As a brief aside, when we met a few months ago, members of the Foreign Affairs Committee in Congress went for me hammer and tongs on the subject of the International Criminal Court and our position. |
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| We go at it hammer and tongs, but I am mystified. |
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