Example sentences of "do [adv] [pers pn] [verb] back " in BNC.

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1 Why do n't we go back to the way we used to be ?
2 I suppose a couple of centuries ago most of the commercial production of energy , if you could call it that two centuries ago , was via windmills and perhaps watermills , but why do n't we go back to wind power ?
3 Why do n't I get back to you when I have this thing up and running ? ’
4 And there 's no ’ a thing you can do about it , lassie , so why do n't you sit back and enjoy it ?
5 ‘ If you hate it all so much , why do n't you go back to the bogs ? ’ was his retort .
6 Why do n't you go back to Gran 's ?
7 After a traditionally disastrous dress rehearsal the director came into Arthur 's dressing-room , which he shared with Flute the Bellows Mender , and said cheerily , ‘ I tell you what , why do n't you go back to the awful way you used to do it ?
8 ‘ Why do n't you go back to the car ? ’ she said edgily .
9 ‘ Why do n't you go back to the hotel , relax for a while ?
10 Where then with their pathetic bleatings of contempt , or do n't you go back as far as er .
11 Why do n't you go back to your own surgery and try to drum up some work ? ’
12 Why do n't you go back to your surgery ?
13 You missed one then — why do n't you go back and get it ? ’
14 Called me , he 's called me a college crappy , he goes why do n't you go back , he goes , why do n't you go back to college , you college crappy .
15 Called me , he 's called me a college crappy , he goes why do n't you go back , he goes , why do n't you go back to college , you college crappy .
16 Why do n't you come back tonight , as it 's the opening launch of an art exhibition here ? ’ and he gave me a pamphlet .
17 ‘ Why do n't you come back with me ? ’
18 But look , in any case , why do n't you come back to town with me today , while we 've still got Mrs Bennett and Miss Maynard .
19 Why do n't you come back some other time . ’
20 ‘ Doctor , ’ Bernice said , standing , ‘ why do n't you come back here and answer some questions while I make sure no bits of my inner ear got left in the transmat . ’
21 Why do n't you come back , he said he 'd be in later . ’
22 Do n't you look back , Julia ; must n't spoil your appetite for views of Florence . ’
23 Of course it looks a bit different , places often do when you come back to them , but I think I remember — soon as you turned the bend and saw the tunnel — yes , there it is !
24 When I 'm standing on my own carpet I feel like you do when you come back from holiday .
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