Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] over and over again " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sudden surge of compassion washed through him , and when they reached the governor 's palace Joseph rashly thrust two piasters into the coolie 's cupped hands , thanking him over and over again in French . |
| 2 | As far as she was concerned , she told me over and over again , we were responsible for Dennis 's death . |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | They told her over and over again that she must not do it , but she could n't help it . |
| 5 | I told her over and over again , but she would n't listen . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They love this game and will repeat it over and over again , provided they are not interrupted . |
| 8 | I 've told you over and over again , I am here all the time . ’ |
| 9 | I 've told him over and over again that you simply ca n't these days . ’ |
| 10 | She had told him over and over again the sequence of events on the boat . |
| 11 | He ought to take a riding-whip to that wife of his and then bed her over and over again until she 's with child . " |
| 12 | Aye but can you use it over and over again or not ? |
| 13 | Er it 's just a thought to say well if I , if , if this training is so important I will use it over and over again , it makes sense to save the preparation time four or five months down the line by having a script and now only you can up with your examples . |
| 14 | I would suggest that if you are sure of your pieces , do n't read them over and over again on the way to the audition — once will be quite enough . |
| 15 | You can plan grand lectures , but in the end you really do learn by doing them over and over again , adjusting this or changing that . |
| 16 | They took me to a secret prison and raped me over and over again by forcing the barrel of a gun into me . |
| 17 | She could hear the Comtesse saying it over and over again . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Smoothing out the paper he stood staring at it , reading it over and over again , all the while drumming his fingers agitatedly on the grams phone top . |
| 20 | Stick to the point , even if it means you 're acting like a bit of a broken record , get that person make sure they hear what you 're saying even if you have to repeat it over and over again . |
| 21 | The bird must always come first , he would tell us over and over again . |
| 22 | She could have stood there all day listening to him repeat it over and over again . |
| 23 | Almost as if , having proclaimed himself paralytic in court , he was setting about proving it over and over again . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Now he overwhelms me , he is so human , so full of moods and gentleness and wonderful tunes and things so simple-deep I play them over and over again as once I used to copy drawings I liked . |
| 26 | But television tends to block this ability by filling our minds with its own images and reiterating them over and over again . |
| 27 | ‘ You would have spent the night in my arms , Caroline , ’ he caught her hands in one of his as she began to raise them , ‘ crying out my name as I touched you , begging me to take you over and over again , until finally the sun chased away the darkness . ’ |
| 28 | I should have liked to trample on the face of the first German I could find and kick him over and over again in the stomach . |
| 29 | Close your eyes and practice thinking it over and over again in your mind until you become proficient at blocking out all other thoughts and ideas , and can achieve a level of deep calm and relaxation . |
| 30 | I 'd say it over and over again in my schoolgirl French . |