Example sentences of "step [adv prt] into the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellen twisted away and Sweetman laughed at her obvious discomfiture , then , as coolly as though he owned Wavebreaker , he stepped down into the central cockpit where he first brushed at , then sat on , one of the white cushioned seats by the ship 's wheel . |
| 2 | Wycliffe stepped down into the little hall and pushed open the door of the shop itself . |
| 3 | She stepped up into the deep cool of the room . |
| 4 | The butler nodded and stepped back into the grand dining room , only to reappear almost immediately with the tall , thin figure of Michael Lee following him , his face impassive . |
| 5 | As soon as he stepped out into the fluorescent-lit corridor , he was met by an official who hurried him into a briefing room . |
| 6 | Rosa saw no one from her hideaway in the dark arch of their carriage door and so she stepped out into the gleaming street , which felt good and solid , under the warm soles of her feet ; her heart was thumping , but that too felt good . |
| 7 | She was vaguely aware of being guided expertly away from the crowded floor , and it was n't until they stepped out into the cooler night air that she realised how much of a relief it was to leave the noise behind . |
| 8 | Huy stepped out into the warm night , smelling the heavy , dusty odour of the air appreciatively . |
| 9 | Theodora stepped out into the warm air of the late summer evening . |
| 10 | As she stepped out into the dark night she thought of the gloomy squalor of Bacon Buildings and the smile left her face . |
| 11 | Boldly Ruth stepped out into the bright sunlight , hoping her scratchy Spanish would get her through , though how she was going to explain herself she did n't know . |
| 12 | She swung the door open and stepped out into the cold air . |
| 13 | Sabrina zipped up her anorak as she stepped out into the cold night air and rummaged in her pockets for the keys to the Audi Coupe . |
| 14 | Holly stepped out into the bitter wind . |
| 15 | Stepping out into the freezing cold ; 20 degrees below zero . |
| 16 | They left the club , stepping out into the cool night air . |
| 17 | Carson ran up the brick steps to the courtyard 's wooden side-door , rattling the bolt free and stepping out into the narrow alley that ran down the side of the house . |
| 18 | I put my cameras away and took my leave , stepping out into the muggy London air on Carnaby Street . |
| 19 | ‘ Nothing of the culture celebrated by Camus survives ’ — except , I add now , stepping out into the sundrenched streets , the light . |
| 20 | In the UK , Barclays Computer Operations , Knutsford , Cheshire , which was set up in January 1991 by Barclays Bank Plc to provide in-house facilities management , is stepping out into the commercial marketplace with its own offerings — OPM ( Operator Presentation Manager ) , and DataPlace . |
| 21 | Beautiful cover showing a window opening into the past for this time travel tale about an Oxford student stepping back into the Middle Ages to finish her thesis and ending up in the middle of the plague . |
| 22 | But once they had stepped out into the cool air , paradoxically , the noise seemed muted , the sea no more than a distant roar . |
| 23 | Cars , bridges , roads , factories : we need to step through into the modern age . ’ |
| 24 | They all laughed , not one of them willing to step out into the coldest night of the winter . |
| 25 | What they decided to do many years ago was what lots of people in public positions do — use the TV to step out into the public gaze . |
| 26 | The ride itself was very open and exposed and after being so long in the close embrace of the trees Marian found it difficult to step out into the clear daylight . |