Example sentences of "[pers pn] take [art] step " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took a step forward . |
| 2 | I took a step towards him . |
| 3 | I took a step back . |
| 4 | I took a step forward so I could see over the edge . |
| 5 | I took a step back . |
| 6 | I took the step ; something that had nagged me ever since ; I had discovered he had studied medicine ; and also to shock his mocking of my fatalism . |
| 7 | As I take a step forward I say not to worry , I am not police . |
| 8 | But when she takes a step towards me I find I 've crossed the kitchen to meet her . |
| 9 | Here , she took a step back and called on Ferdinando to discuss Garibaldi and his Red Shirts and the promises of Cavour — they were names to her and nothing more . |
| 10 | She could feel Jackie watching her as she took a step forward , but she resisted the temptation to glance back , thrusting herself away from him , one step after another , angrily trying to justify her uncharacteristic behaviour and telling herself that she had no need to justify it . |
| 11 | She moved on , and into a quagmire of silt which she had to wade through , making obscene sucking noises every time she took a step . |
| 12 | She took a step nearer , and her ears moved into the forward position . |
| 13 | She took a step backwards and this seemed to satisfy him , because he went on up the ladder . |
| 14 | She took a step nearer , staring at the drunken heap of rubble . |
| 15 | She took a step towards him . |
| 16 | She took a step backwards , and suddenly he realized that it had n't been easy for her to come here . |
| 17 | She took a step closer to Patrick and lad her hand on his arm . |
| 18 | ‘ Will you leave off nagging ? ’ he snarled at her , and she took a step back . |
| 19 | She took a step backwards . |
| 20 | She took a step back and said , ‘ I 'll see you later , Edward . ’ |
| 21 | She took a step toward him . |
| 22 | With another frown , she took a step back . |
| 23 | Either she took a step back , or she stayed where she was , aware that sooner or later she would plunge into that unknowable chasm . |
| 24 | Her hand fell away from the switch and she took a step towards the typists ' room , her head cocked . |
| 25 | Bending her head , she took a step towards the companionway . |
| 26 | She took a step back . |
| 27 | She took a step or two , and then turned back . |
| 28 | My face must have registered something because she took a step backwards . |
| 29 | Instinctively she took a step away from him , her senses reeling as she felt the blood drain away from her face , and heard the buzzing in her ears which forewarned her that she was near to fainting . |
| 30 | Rohan reached for her again , but she took a step backwards , staring round her , straining her ears . |