Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 | I 've told you over and over again , I am here all the time . ’ |
| 18 | " Becky , I heard your mother tell you over and over she ca n't afford to buy you a bike . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 20 | They told her over and over again that she must not do it , but she could n't help it . |
| 21 | In fact , he realized , she had simply adopted the words other people must have said to her over and over again . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He 'd asked her over and over : why ? |
| 24 | 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 . " |
| 25 | I told her over and over again , but she would n't listen . ’ |
| 26 | I 've told him over and over again that you simply ca n't these days . ’ |
| 27 | His nanny had scolded him over and over , but he had never been able to stop . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 30 | She 'd reassure him over and over that she was fine , she was safe , there was nothing for him to worry about , and Ashdown would then ring Joe and pass along anything new or helpful that he 'd been able to pick out of the conversation . |