Example sentences of "step [adv prt] [adv prt] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To reach Ariel and her mother , he had to cross the stream ; he did so , night after night , using stepping stones over unearthly flashes of phosphorescence in the water , and stepping up on to the further bank , still unwilling , still keeping his mind on Rebecca and the love he had sworn to her , until once more he found himself at the entrance of Ariel 's cabin , once more gave orders to the guard to leave him , and entered to speak to her , disturbing her rest , though she had come to expect his call ; then after their unsatisfactory exchanges , he would lift the fronds at the entrance and leave again , only to succumb once more , and toss himself off in rage and helplessness , before he skulked back to Belmont . |
| 2 | She strode to the panelling , searched , found and stepped through on to the dilapidated back staircase landing , just as the Bishop and Lord Cumbermound were entering the room . |
| 3 | Round the back you would step out on to a paved patio , leading to a long garden overlooking a field . |
| 4 | She stepped out on to a narrow cement path . |
| 5 | Sara got up impulsively and threw open the french windows and stepped out on to the stone-flagged terrace . |
| 6 | Graham Park stepped out on to the broad grey pavement outside the School and during a break in the traffic jogged across Theobald 's Road to its north side . |
| 7 | Susan and Breeze seized their meagre luggage and stepped out on to the tiny wooden platform . |
| 8 | As she stepped out on to the third floor , her dark brows were drawn together in the beginnings of a frown because she was still thinking of that last conversation . |
| 9 | He went back into the kitchen and Alison unlocked the window , stepping out on to the clay-tiled terrace . |
| 10 | And then the time was suddenly right , and there they were , stepping out on to the blessed soil of his native land . |
| 11 | The expanse of beach was so denuded of any trace of the present century we might have stepped out on to a distant planet . |
| 12 | Steven cursed inwardly and had to step up on to a low wall above the height of the laser-axles to empty and fill his lungs again . |
| 13 | In about 20 seconds , to thunderous applause , I am to step out on to the huge sweeping stairs , each one lit with a different colour for my famous Georges Guetary pastiche from An American In Paris , Stairway to Paradise . |