By the time I get to the lay-by I'm completely knackered.
I was dropping my children off at breakfast club at 8am and collecting them at 6pm, by which time we would all be completely knackered.
According to Bagehot's guide, Steve Scott of the Forestry Commission, "This whole plantation's completely knackered".It is a sickening illustration of how fast ash dieback, C halara fraxinea, is attacking one of Britain's most elegant, ubiquitous and commercially useful trees.
Until then she hadn't even stepped on to a boat but Owen went to London's Docklands where, in the shadow of some of Britain's wealthiest bankers, she paid £26,000 for what she calls a "completely knackered barge from Holland".
You melt your wax in a bain-marie set-up, and the top pan – the one that holds the melted wax – will be completely knackered for the rest of its life.
After my early start, and a two-hour walk in search of one of Valencia's two free wireless internet "hot-spots", I was completely knackered by the time I had arranged to meet Jess, a Guardian reader, who had kindly offered to put me up for the night.
"I find it humbling," says Ward. "I may be completely knackered during the festival and surviving on just a few hours' sleep a night, but what's that against the chance to meet some of the bravest artists who have often fought against massive odds to bring their shows to London?
Although "he would arrive in the morning completely knackered," Gilliam says, "by the end of the day he was beaming, glowing with energy.
Too many Spinning Bird Kicks have rendered Chun Li's (March 1 , 1968 legs completely knackered, so she now covers them with a long dress and wears orthopaedic shoes to help her shuffle a little quicker towards her opponent.
