Example sentences of "[noun sg] to go back to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Professor John Ashworth , vice-chairman of the committee of vice-chancellors and principals ( CVCP ) , also urged Mr MacGregor to use ‘ a heaven-sent opportunity to go back to the drawing board and look at the entire issue of how students are supported — grants , loans and fees . ’ |
| 2 | Robbie spent the afternoon as Fen had suggested , and when she alighted from the stifling , ancient bus crowded with country folk , she felt in no mood to go back to the boat . |
| 3 | For them , he said , there was a need to go back to the basics of spelling , grammar , punctuation and arithmetic . |
| 4 | There was no need to go back to the shop . |
| 5 | The present system may not be perfect but it has worked pretty well and would be capable of improvement and adjustment without the need to go back to the drawing board . ’ |
| 6 | And I assure you she would have every right to go back to the shop and say look these tights are not fit for their purpose . |
| 7 | In the first three months , three thousand miles , that does n't tend to happen in fairness erm and something like that would come up erm within that time scale , so , yes , I mean they have the right to go back to the dealer and I must admit in my overall view of the motor trade these days they do they are trying harder and harder to look after their customers because obviously they 're in business like everybody else , they know that their policy holders are covered by the Sale of Goods Act merchantable quality , erm and so they realize that if these things happen then they will endeavour to put the situation right . |
| 8 | Lawrence picked up the handset and radioed into central headquarters , asking for a policeman to go back to the club . |
| 9 | BRADFORD missed a chance to go back to the top of the Stones Bitter Championship after being hammered 28–6 at home by Castleford . |
| 10 | I was glad I had made arrangements with a City Temple friend to go back to the flat in Southwark to collect the last of my wanted books etc . |
| 11 | Well first thing we do is we 'll if I 've got two two sergeants at the flats , I tell the occupant to go back to the flat , and wait for the two s two sergeants turning up . |
| 12 | I share the view of the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East that it does not make sense to go back to the days of the red flag , but we must find a compromise between the passenger 's interest , which is the interest of the railways , and the pedestrian 's interest . |
| 13 | The Norwegians choose a long ridge walk to go back to the camp and by the time they have arrived , Tony and I have decided to take the kayaks out on to the Ocean . |
| 14 | He traced its origin to his former position in the trade union movement ( hinting that he had an agreement to go back to the TUC where he could make more trouble for any government if they pressed him hard ) . |
| 15 | After casting on and knitting a few rows , you just need a couple of minutes from time to time to go back to the machine and change the punchcard or pattern number . |
| 16 | Okay , and then by the time you 've done that it 'll be time to go back to the start |
| 17 | Time to go back to the drawing board . |
| 18 | ‘ Come on now , Mr Willis , time to go back to the hospital … oh I hope he has n't been a bother … come on now , dear , in the car please … ’ she said . |
| 19 | A court order enables either party to go back to the court if unreasonable delay in carrying out the terms of the order is experienced , and if there is to be a conveyance of the matrimonal home following an agreement between the husband and the wife ( not incorporated into a court order ) it is always open to either party to make application to the court at any time . |