Example sentences of "[vb past] over and over again " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of the above can be rinsed out and used over and over again . |
| 2 | After about a dozen movements have been learned , they are strung together in a kata sequence and practised over and over again before going on to the next set of kata movements . |
| 3 | He muttered over and over again that he was stymied . |
| 4 | That showed over and over again that on issues such as security of supply , reliability of delivery , documentation , handling of complaints , efficiency of ordering service , and in particular , communication , there were others who tried harder and did better . |
| 5 | A single note repeated over and over again , throbbing in my head , making my chest tighten . |
| 6 | A diet that involves uncommon foods or drinks , or the same things repeated over and over again , is not a basis for long-term success . |
| 7 | She sat down and began to pour out the tea and , her voice still quiet , she went on , ‘ I do n't suppose it 's really so bad for you , instructing or teaching , whatever it is you do , but in the Naafi , amidst the clatter — ’ she now looked at him and her words were spaced as she went on , ‘ and the chaff and the ribbing ; well , I sometimes think I have died and gone to hell , because that 's what I think hell must be like ; constant joking , especially when you hear the same thing repeated over and over again . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , my lovey , ’ the old voice repeated over and over again , whispery with dismay . |
| 9 | In fact they were partial letters of rubescent neon repeated over and over again that blinked past too quickly to separate each one from the next fragment . |
| 10 | But he just shook his head and backed away , and repeated over and over again , ‘ Stay away . |
| 11 | Cuckoo ! it called over and over again . |
| 12 | ‘ Ho ! ’ he called over and over again . |
| 13 | But , with the near-unanimous support of the Tory backbenches , the Prime Minister insisted over and over again that it was ‘ perfectly in order ’ to send illegal immigrants home . |
| 14 | My poetic image of the Lady of the Hearth was grounded sharply on one particular occasion when , suffering from raging au , and having to cope with the demands of two small children in a freezing house , I struggled over and over again to make the wood catch fire . |
| 15 | The point which Lance Henderson makes and he stressed over and over again that he seeks no personal recognition at all and the point of retelling this story here long , long years after is that they should never be forgotten . |
| 16 | On the wall behind him the name UBALDO VALESIO appeared over and over again in large black capitals . |
| 17 | ‘ Unfortunately , it 's just human nature that keepers mistakes are magnified and replayed over and over again — but I 'm always pleased when they bounce back , as Bobby has done at Blackburn . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's all right , ’ Emmie said over and over again . |