Example sentences of "repeat over and over again " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is that , quite understandably , we all tend to stick to the tried and true and therefore repeat over and over again the same skills . |
| 2 | A single note repeated over and over again , throbbing in my head , making my chest tighten . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , my lovey , ’ the old voice repeated over and over again , whispery with dismay . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But he just shook his head and backed away , and repeated over and over again , ‘ Stay away . |
| 8 | Burrows seems to have lived with his material for so long that he has forgotten to throw out enough clues for the rest of us , and there are few hints as to why certain sequences are so important that they should be repeated over and over again But what constantly saves the piece from disappearing into itself is the obliquely moving nature of the central relationship and some patchy but startlingly lovely dance images . |
| 9 | These examples of patterns of discipline — different parental approaches to good and naughty behaviour — if repeated over and over again in different situations will lead to either a badly behaved ( disobedient ) child or a reasonably compliant youngster . |
| 10 | This process is repeated over and over again in relation to major and minor events throughout the family life-cycle . |
| 11 | Such testimonies could be repeated over and over again as team members have had to take the lead in new areas they have found quite frightening . |
| 12 | Invention flagged and a handful of traditional designs was repeated over and over again . |
| 13 | Consequently the chants seldom seem banal or trivial , in spite of being repeated over and over again . |
| 14 | Repeated over and over again . |
| 15 | A simple melodic theme is repeated over and over again , transmuting itself by a slow and subtle alchemy into something which is not quite as it was before . |
| 16 | The names of many people are recorded on documents signed at Halling and these names are repeated over and over again by the historians . |
| 17 | Sally was stunned and kept repeating over and over again , ‘ She did n't want to go out — she knew it would happen ’ . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ Who is he ? ’ he kept repeating over and over again , stony-faced and disbelieving even when I had told him the truth . |
| 20 | 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 ! |