Example sentences of "[conj] go [adv] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | whether he will be invited to lunch with Rose and Phil , and if not , whether to get a sandwich in a pub , or go straight back to the office , send out for sandwiches , and catch up on the plans for the Manchester Marina scheme ; and if so , whether to order egg and tomato sandwiches , or cheese and chutney , or some of each ; |
| 2 | ‘ It had to be Windsor , too — not Balmoral or Sandringham but the castle that goes right back to the Normans — and the Queen 's favourite chapel , stripped to a skeleton of its former self . |
| 3 | The vast majority of black people go to church ; it 's a way of life that goes way back . |
| 4 | Erm , er , now of course to get back to the ambulance erm if somebody comes out of an epileptic fit and goes immediately back into another one , then you must call an ambulance , it takes so much from the person , it takes so much energy that the person ca n't possible go into one fit after another , erm without showing some affects and therefore you would have to get them to hospital , if you do n't and they have two or three fits one after another they can die , so they must go to hospital . |
| 5 | I think we have got to start again and go right back to first principles . |
| 6 | I should turn round and go straight back this minute ! ’ |
| 7 | Then you forget to open your diary , and get , and go right back to having yellow stickers again . |
| 8 | You could be very stupid and go straight back to your flat , in which case you could be putting yourself in a lot of danger . |
| 9 | The differences are deep and go far back into history , but while I have been a Minister dealing with the economy and the environment I have always had the greatest possible collaboration from all the parties in Northern Ireland , which have always worked cheek by jowl with one another and with me for the benefit of all the people of Northern Ireland . |
| 10 | She washed her face and went wearily back to look out for him , but she was losing hope . |
| 11 | Then she dried her eyes on the hem of her petticoat and went slowly back to the house . |
| 12 | I handed over my card , and went slowly back to Laura . |
| 13 | The book has explained that , having been a murderer of unreliables for the Republicans , he was shot at by a rival and went straight back to Glasgow . ) |
| 14 | They travelled through the night to the gig and went straight back home . ’ |
| 15 | After a restless night of tossing and turning on lumpy , wet French soil , Charlie was woken at four , and in turn kicked Tommy , who simply turned over and went straight back to sleep . |
| 16 | When she stooped and retrieved her basket , and went rapidly back to the house with it , Patrick wished he had said something , that he had called out to her . |