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Thepunch-drunkboxer, fanned by his seconds; the champ who was going to deal with any challenger who came along.
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The youth services in this country tend to bepunch-drunkin that each blow to our economy causes them to suffer.
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They both leave us in no doubt whatever about the seriousness of what is called thepunch-drunksyndrome.
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I am just aboutpunch-drunkfrom the effect of reading all the documents and trying to make up my mind.
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It is not exaggerating to say that people arepunch-drunk, and staggering from one body blow to another.
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This country is alreadypunch-drunkwith legislation and incomprehensible definitions.
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But we should not be sopunch-drunkas to forget that £30 million or more is an important amount.
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But it is thispunch-drunkstate which presents the serious problem.
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That was in the early days when thepunch-drunksyndrome was beginning to be recognised.
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The consumer has become sopunch-drunkthat he permits the further illegal erosion of his rights.
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Frankly, they arepunch-drunkwith the new requirements that are being placed upon them.
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They are "punch-drunk" from posters and appeals.
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It will soon resemble apunch-drunkboxer.
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It has gonepunch-drunkfrom appeals.
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