Example sentences of "[noun sg] again and [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At any rate , he used the programme again and again to warn of what was happening and in doing so , he created a public awareness of conservation issues that was , I am sure , without parallel before that time . |
| 2 | And obviously we would want to take money out of reserves , our original amendment took one point three million pounds out of reserves and it 's interesting to see now that you 're suggesting almost that figure again and yet for years you 've been telling us you ca n't take this money out of the reserves , er you know we had to keep it for a rainy day . |
| 3 | and boo again and then that was it , he co he would n't do it again |
| 4 | Robyn got up then and moved past him , towards the fountain , like an automaton , stooping to pick up a plate , a cup , then finding the bag , opening it , placing the things inside , repeating the action again and then again , working with a frantic determination , doing her best to ignore the thunderous ache in her head . |
| 5 | I urge all your readers who have not already discovered it , to play this piece again and again . |
| 6 | There were , however , no precise indications as to the number and frequency of repetitions ; indeed , we find that he changed his mind again and again regarding the potency and repetition of the remedy . |
| 7 | Fuchida led his formations over the harbour again and again ; the Oklahoma was ripped apart when seven torpedoes hit her . |
| 8 | It will inevitably happen for some that Housman 's Horace is not the reader 's Horace , and that readers will grumble and go in search of more and later Englishings — for it seems we must " English " this poet again and again if we are to keep up with him where he stands still , at the end of the first century BC . |
| 9 | Uzzell , who suffered appalling facial injuries , will probably never play professional football again and still complains of dizzy spells . |
| 10 | The reporter from The Times was obviously unaware of Nonconformity 's great appeal to ‘ the stronger sex ’ and noted that the audience ‘ consisted almost entirely of men , who interrupted the sermon again and again by enthusiastic cheering ’ . |
| 11 | He tied two broomsticks to Da Silva 's arms and stuck one down his back , making him march up and down the corridor again and again , repeating ‘ I am a cripple ’ . |
| 12 | And then yesterday Bill went to work again and luckily he was home by lunchtime . |
| 13 | He had , unwittingly , chosen Peter 's work again and again . |
| 14 | Holding the red Conway Stewart pen she had picked up from the grass , she went over the scene again and again . |
| 15 | We turned back through the village again and up to Claro . |
| 16 | They did not all give up there and then , but presumably went on to take the test again and eventually to pass — many of them at the second attempt . |
| 17 | There , he was able to lift himself on to his crutch again and then climb out of the stockade . |
| 18 | The grafted cells which had a proximal character are now in the progress zone again and so acquire more distal positional values . |
| 19 | She slaps her brand new skinhead again and again , as if to check that she really was wild enough to shave all those ratty locks off . |
| 20 | The hon. Gentleman shows the Opposition 's fundamental commitment to tax , tax and tax again and then spend , spend and spend again . |
| 21 | This work has had me taking this set off the shelf again and again . |
| 22 | He uses that picture again and again in the bible of us being like sheep . |
| 23 | Sometimes he and Charlie would spend a Saturday afternoon playing a George Formby record again and again until they 'd got all the words of ‘ I 'm Leaning on a Lamppost ’ or ‘ Chinese Laundry Blues ’ . |
| 24 | Though Mr Major went on record again and again during the election campaign to forecast a steady drop in taxes over four or five years , Ministers admit privately that the bill must go up , not down , in the spring Budget . |
| 25 | Other channelled sources — in common with the ancient magical traditions — confirm this theme again and again . |
| 26 | He beat the helpless body again and again . |
| 27 | I felt only a wild delight as I hit his body again and again . |
| 28 | We come back to that point again and again . |
| 29 | Julian never paid back the money , even though he started up in business again and eventually did all right for himself . |
| 30 | Among the slow-moving crowds slender , graceful Annamese girls wearing traditional skilken ao dai caught their eye again and again . |