Example sentences of "the [noun] over and over " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried the latch over and over and looked at my watch . |
| 2 | The previous day he had had to drive the route over and over until he knew it perfectly . |
| 3 | Folly turned the card over and over in her hands , as if by her looking at it from another direction the words might mysteriously transpose themselves into the expected apology . |
| 4 | There was a psalm he wanted to say before he went , but he could only remember the beginning of it , so he repeated the words over and over again : " Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee , O Lord : Lord hear my voice … " |
| 5 | He spent the entire first week reading the plan over and over again . |
| 6 | They rehearsed the scene over and over again and as they repeated it Willie believed more than ever that he was the old man . |
| 7 | I read the Bible over and over , then theological commentaries and historical background , books about heretics , books about enthusiasts . |
| 8 | Throughout the first months a beginner learns that in executing the basic reverse punch and the lunge punch , his hands have to withdraw back to the body in order to repeat the procedure over and over again . |
| 9 | As Van Cheele walked along , he turned the questions over and over in his head . |
| 10 | For , ever since , he had been turning the name over and over in his mind , puzzling over its slight familiarity . |
| 11 | He wished it were Perdita at the end of the rope , he 'd like to see her crashing to the ground over and over again . |
| 12 | During the interminable journey Edward turned what he knew of the affair over and over in his mind , and wondered if it could possibly , really , happen . |
| 13 | I took her by both hands and I started to swing her in a circle , singing as I went , shouting the words of the song over and over again . |
| 14 | And he had read the poem over and over again , though he knew it well . |
| 15 | I stood amid a gaggle of laughing students in frozen silence , and read the list over and over again . |
| 16 | Ruth let him take it , and sat drinking her tea while he turned the cup over and over in his hands , gently and half absentmindedly . |
| 17 | He read the letter over and over again , and with each re-reading the possibility of belief crept closer . |
| 18 | So we recommend the method of winding in straight by turning the handle over and over . |
| 19 | I sat unmoving , adding up all the factors over and over , getting the same answer , while Posi took us up into Highlight and on to the first Netline of our route . |
| 20 | Even the heavily fortified town of Berwick-upon-Tweed , on the Scottish bank of the river , was wrested from them by the English over and over again , and finally lost . |
| 21 | I want people to be able to listen to the records over and over again and I think for that to happen you have to create a depth of information that 's rock solid . |
| 22 | It is most important that comfortable relationships exist in people orientated businesses , and you will profit in more ways than one if you feel happy to return and use the facilities over and over again . |
| 23 | The lawyer turned the envelope over and over in his hands before he opened it . |