Example sentences of "go over the [adj] ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he puffed the cigar to life , he shook his head , a man weary of going over the same ground again . |
| 2 | Its main function will be to ascertain whether the results of the first investigation would appear as firm to another team going over the same ground . |
| 3 | So it 's going over the same ground but from the different er different emphasis because clearly my mistake last week was to try and cram in too much and to erm assume that what I was saying about modern sex theory was erm self-evident . |
| 4 | I feel it 's taxpayers money being wasted yet again , because they 're just going over the same ground . |
| 5 | Police will be going over the old ground to see if there is any link with this latest attack . |
| 6 | I do n't make any apologies for that , and maybe it is going over the old ground , but unless we do it , unless we try to do it , if we 've done it the way before been and it has n't produced what we , what we want , then surely it 's not for us to sit back and say , ‘ Well , it 's been through that and it has n't worked ’ , surely we ought to try again , and that 's what I hope to be doing , sort of value your support and see you . |
| 7 | Morale always rose after a struggle ; I would never have to go over the same ground again . |
| 8 | It is surprising how many people waste their time in class by not concentrating , and then have to go over the same ground again at home . |
| 9 | We have mentioned very little about harmonic paths in minor keys , but those with a sound harmonic upbringing will find it somewhat repetitive and superfluous to go over the whole ground again . |
| 10 | He went over the whole ground of Canterbury 's history from the beginning , enforcing the one simple message that Gregory the Great and his successors had committed to Canterbury the task of introducing and upholding the Christian faith throughout the whole of the British Isles . |