1. He put the whammy on me.

2. Britain's farmers have faced the double whammy of a rising pound and falling agricultural prices.

3. With this government we've had a double whammy of tax increases and benefit cuts.

4. Soften them up, then hit them with the whammy.

5. Anyway, in a showbiz double whammy the boys with the buttocks have been talking to Bryan Burnett.

6. Farmers have faced the double whammy of a freeze and a drought this year.

7. After the double whammy of rugby in Johannesburg and rowing with Redgrave, though, I more resembled a wizened old man.

8. We're suffering a triple whammy at the moment.

9. This double - whammy drives prices in a direction unfavourable to the customer.

10. Then, the scene of a double whammy - their car broke down again.

11. Yesterday a real double whammy. My boss fired me, and my wife asked for a divorce.

12. Yesterday a real double whammy. My boss fired me and my wife asked a divorce.

13. The government's policy is higher tax and higher interest rates. It's a double whammy.

14. Is he aware that the Labour party will put up both - a double whammy?

15. Economic impudence plus political insensitivity combine to make a Kinnockian double whammy that I will vote Tory to avoid(/whammy.html), however unenthusiastically.

16. In the political parlance of 1992, I suppose it might be said that Mr Platt has given himself a double whammy.

17. We've each had our hot streaks, I won't deny: the whammy has changed hands many times.

18. He lost his job and then his wife left him away. It was a double whammy.

19. She lost her job and then her husband left her. It was a double whammy.

20. Mary lost her car yesterday and her job today a real double whammy.

21. He lost his job, and his wife left him. It was a double whammy.