Example sentences of "step [adv prt] on [prep] the [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	Sara got up impulsively and threw open the french windows and stepped out on to the stone-flagged terrace .
4	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 .
5	Susan and Breeze seized their meagre luggage and stepped out on to the tiny wooden platform .
6	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 .
7	He went back into the kitchen and Alison unlocked the window , stepping out on to the clay-tiled terrace .
8	And then the time was suddenly right , and there they were , stepping out on to the blessed soil of his native land .
9	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 .

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