Example sentences of "[pron] over and over " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Sir George put the letters into his wife 's lap , and she turned them over and over , under the greedy eyes of the two scholars . |
| 3 | Having done that , we listened to them over and over , took the best parts from each solo and I worked on composites from there . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He kept seeing them over and over in his mind , like an action replay of a not very good football match that only showed the goals . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | One explains to them over and over again the benefits : it 's quick , cheap , no hard feelings on either side — ’ |
| 8 | But television tends to block this ability by filling our minds with its own images and reiterating them over and over again . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's worth spending money on the wear out of , I never throw out jackets or coats , because I keep wearing them over and over — that 's really good value for money . ’ |
| 10 | I do n't know how many of them are genuine , or how many of them are not genuine , and I have to deal with them over and over again . |
| 11 | You have explained to me over and over how this thing can be possible . |
| 12 | As far as she was concerned , she told me over and over again , we were responsible for Dennis 's death . |
| 13 | They took me to a secret prison and raped me over and over again by forcing the barrel of a gun into me . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , I love , I love , ’ she told me over and over , ‘ I put nothing in my letters to you . |
| 15 | ‘ All that intense passion , the long hours in bed when you made love to me over and over , but never said anything — it just turned me off . |
| 16 | ( 10 ) He would concoct anecdotes and then he 'd tell them to me over and over again , you know , obviously not realizing that he 'd told them to me before . |
| 17 | Frantically crossing himself over and over again , he fled screaming towards the grooms ' quarter as fast as his fat legs would carry him . |
| 18 | ‘ When we understood what he meant to do , we endeavoured to dissuade him ; but he was resolute , saying he had not had a roll for a long time ; and taking out of his pockets whatever might be in them — keys , pencil , purse , or pen-knife — and laying himself parallel with the edge of the hill , he actually descended turning himself over and over till he came to the bottom . ’ |
| 19 | Rather than such force being seen as a prerogative of the state , it is seen by many in the alliance to inhere in the people of Ulster who over and over again need to assert their autonomous rights . |
| 20 | I 've told you over and over again , I am here all the time . ’ |
| 21 | " Becky , I heard your mother tell you over and over she ca n't afford to buy you a bike . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 23 | In Cuzco International Airport , the ‘ queue ’ for the flight to Puerto Maldonaldo , gateway to the jungle , swelled before me : a snake that had gorged itself over and over . |
| 24 | The word repeated itself over and over in her head like a death knell . |
| 25 | He 's so eager to learn he almost quivers like Shep there , he repeats everything over and over again , as if he 's learning it off by heart . ’ |
| 26 | By rights she should be sleeping the sleep of the just by now , she realised despondently as she switched on the bedside lamp — instead she 'd been reliving everything over and over in her mind . |
| 27 | Not only must you spray regularly , but it 's a good idea to vary the brand of spray that you use ; the nasty wee beasties soon develop resistance if you use the same one over and over again , and that 's something worth taking the time to avoid . |
| 28 | Trouble is , if you keep saying something over and over , people start to believe you so he should beware . |
| 29 | So how dare anyone criticise a true champion who has proved herself over and over again . |
| 30 | Why — why — why ? she had asked herself over and over again , why did it end that way ? |