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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both of us were on tenterhooks for reasons both intellectual and commercial.
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Everyone had been waiting on tenterhooks on the platform, as they had been technically ready for more than a day.
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For the remainder of the carol I was on tenterhooks , not daring to take my eyes from the lectern.
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He was still on tenterhooks waiting for his directors' decision about the manager's job.
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Louis was reconstituting the royal family, keeping his adult sons on tenterhooks .
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Nutty watched on tenterhooks as Hoomey took in his new situation: the centre of an admiring crowd.
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She had been on tenterhooks all night expecting Joe to return at any moment from Port Eynon.
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Time has me dangling on its tenterhooks .