Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] over and over again " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as she was concerned , she told me over and over again , we were responsible for Dennis 's death . |
| 2 | Yes in fact , to be perfectly honest with you the relationship is a bit more than she wants Ron is a bit of a pain I told him over and over again not to push his luck , I said for goodness sake , Ron , be grateful for what you 've got apparently she does n't like to make love with the lights on I said well if that 's what she does n't like that 's what she does n't like , you 're not going to change a woman of sixty eight ! |
| 3 | They told her over and over again that she must not do it , but she could n't help it . |
| 4 | I told her over and over again , but she would n't listen . ’ |
| 5 | Though the artist was ill with tuberculosis and had no money to pay for his keep , Marama looked after him while he painted her over and over again ; sometimes nude , sometimes dressed , and nearly always against the background of island scenery — near the waterfalls and the secret pools , in dells that laced the volcanic slopes , in the village market , in the main street of Anani . |
| 6 | They took me to a secret prison and raped me over and over again by forcing the barrel of a gun into me . |
| 7 | James and his wife Mabel , 64 , taped Saturday 's night 's race and watched it over and over again until 4am yesterday , with daughters Anita , 24 , and Anna , 25 . |
| 8 | Some adolescents seemed concerned about a lack of knowledge or deficiency in Creole on their own part : For my English oral , last year , I had to read a Patois poem , so I aksed my mum to read it for me , and that 's how I got to , you know , sort of pick it up just for that poem … kept letting her read it over and over again till I get the sound . |