Example sentences of "[noun sg] over and over " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would draw the same figure over and over again , trying to get what he wanted . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | What Margaret had said earlier had been going through her mind over and over again . |
| 4 | It seems to have got stuck and it has been playing the same bit over and over . |
| 5 | But he turned her story over and over in his mind all afternoon . |
| 6 | In our particular ministry in St Louis Missouri we are trying to use the vast technology that 's available to us in linking up with other organizations such as Catholic charities , Salvation Army and others , so that when persons are in need of help they can go to one organization and tell their story and they do n't have to keep going from place to place telling their story over and over and we 're beginning to look toward the use of computers and what they are capable of doing in order to help resources stretch . |
| 7 | I tried the latch over and over and looked at my watch . |
| 8 | The previous day he had had to drive the route over and over until he knew it perfectly . |
| 9 | She stripped off her clothes and dropped them where they fell , then ran a bath and climbed into it , scouring her skin over and over with a loofah as if she could wash away the memory of his body on hers . |
| 10 | Listen to the whole text over and over again . |
| 11 | What I 'd like to do is to help them to see that they do n't need to give up on the computer , that they can actually be the master of it , although of course I do n't I 'm not suggesting that they become programmers — that would be to abdicate their function in another way — but certainly they can understand it , and I think of course it keeps coming back to this issue over and over again , an issue about education . |
| 12 | He spent the entire first week reading the plan over and over again . |
| 13 | But her imagination continued to torment her , replaying this last scene over and over again , as if trying to force her into admitting that the only person in her life who really cared about her might be dead . |
| 14 | They rehearsed the scene over and over again and as they repeated it Willie believed more than ever that he was the old man . |
| 15 | The younger actor wanted to rehearse one particular gruelling scene over and over which the ailing Olivier endured until , too ill to go on , he had to give up , complaining , ‘ Why ca n't the boy just act ? |
| 16 | ‘ Why , ’ said Flora , in the dead and hopeless tone of one who has uttered a particular , heartfelt question over and over , to no avail , ‘ why does school have to be so horrible ? ’ |
| 17 | she asks the same question over and over again . |
| 18 | I read the Bible over and over , then theological commentaries and historical background , books about heretics , books about enthusiasts . |
| 19 | Such qualities of judgement and personal courage over and over again inspired those of us who had the privilege to work closely him — his intense concern for human rights and his determination to take Amnesty 's campaign right to the doorstep of the perpetrators . |
| 20 | The sentence curled round in her head over and over like the whorls of her picture . |
| 21 | She went over to the sink and splashed her face with cold water over and over again . |
| 22 | For , ever since , he had been turning the name over and over in his mind , puzzling over its slight familiarity . |
| 23 | He repeated his stepfather 's name over and over again to no avail . |
| 24 | And when the frantic , plunging ride was over , ecstasy a fading quiver of memory and her swollen lips no longer muttering his name over and over in a delirium of rapture , he broke her heart all over again by moving right away from her , the distance between them , now that passion was spent once more , saying everything about their relationship . |
| 25 | He lifted her then , in one swift movement , and carried her to the sofa , laying her back , murmuring her name over and over , kissing again , consuming her with a passion that thrilled and left Robyn weak and yet powerful all at the same time , because she could do this to him — she could make Luke Denner groan with desire and need . |
| 26 | She whispered his name over and over : Mr Sargent , Mr Sargent . |
| 27 | It was faint and far off , but insistent — and it was calling his name over and over . |
| 28 | She flung herself across the room , beating helplessly on the door , whispering his name over and over as if the force of her desire would bring him back . |
| 29 | Colin Clarke , Martin Kuhl and Alan McLoughlin wasted six scoring chances between them at Highbury , and Mr Smith said : ‘ I 've watched the match video over and over again and realised how many chances we missed . |
| 30 | 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 . |