Example sentences of "[v-ing] over and over again " in BNC.
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| 1 | My imagination faltered at this point ; but I lingered over it , returning over and over again to the discovery of my heroine 's and my own female body , and the male contemplation of it . |
| 2 | ‘ It would be wasteful for everyone to do the same team training over and over again . |
| 3 | ‘ There was n't much point in sitting down and going over and over again into what went wrong at Coventry . |
| 4 | ‘ In a side street , not far from the burning Palace of Justice , yet out of the way , stood a man , sharply distinguished from the crowd , flailing his hands in the air and moaning over and over again : ‘ The files are burning ! |
| 5 | ‘ Please God , make Wayne better , ’ she was saying over and over again , then started as Little Chef stood up on his stumpy back legs to lick her hand . |
| 6 | Then he started winding Pilger up , saying over and over again : ‘ Why are n't you editor , then ? ’ |
| 7 | What I want you to practice doing is to try and get yourself saying over and over again regardless of how the other person tries to ask you questions to get you out of it , and then swap over . |
| 8 | A headline had grabbed her attention and so she bought the paper and sat in the booth reading over and over again the following morning . |
| 9 | Another bar swung into place , another terrible clanging sound , and then Mrs Thatcher said , ‘ The Government is the servant of its people , not its master ’ , her voice echoing over and over again . |
| 10 | Sally was stunned and kept repeating over and over again , ‘ She did n't want to go out — she knew it would happen ’ . |
| 11 | Nick , who met Rachel at a disco when she was a 17-year-old schoolgirl , said : ‘ Even the day after , she was still repeating over and over again that the world was going to end . |
| 12 | ‘ Who is he ? ’ he kept repeating over and over again , stony-faced and disbelieving even when I had told him the truth . |
| 13 | The delicate fabrics of Christian Lacroix had been put aside , and all Texas society emerged in jeans , plaid shirts and in big hats , in blue frilly blouses and canvas skirts , repeating over and over again : ‘ You see ! |
| 14 | At this party , I rushed around like a student on the last day of school , confronting over and over again people 's incredulity and dismay at my impending departure , assuring them that I could n't believe I was leaving , exchanging addresses and agreeing to keep in touch until the end of time . |
| 15 | To be able to change from one foot position to another requires coordination and balance , which can be achieved only by practising over and over again . |
| 16 | There was a very nice room in Wessex , I do n't know whether it 's still there , but it was the main room , where we recorded We Will Rock You and that was all acoustic stuff — it 's just us stamping on boards and clapping over and over again . ’ |