Example sentences of "steps and [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They raced to the bottom of the door at an alarming rate and then vanished , as if sucked , under the door , over the storm board , down the steps and across the pavement . |
| 2 | Stephen and Christina led the PM and his wife down a flight of white marble steps and across the piazza to the marquee on the lawn . |
| 3 | Stumbling a little , she followed him up the steps and across the moonlit terrace into the palazzo . |
| 4 | She skipped up the steps and into the house . |
| 5 | They beat a retreat up the steps and into the station . |
| 6 | I went up the steps and into the hotel . |
| 7 | Her mother and father had had to help her down the steps and into the car . |
| 8 | They all walked up the steps and into the house . |
| 9 | Beth smiled to herself , then went down the steps and into the relative darkness of the dining room . |
| 10 | She picked up a candle and ran nimbly up the steps and into the kitchen . |
| 11 | Kee saw her and went out of the house , down the wooden steps and into the garden . |
| 12 | Afraid Julius might be coming after her , she ran down the steps and into the garden , following the paths that led between wide beds of herbaceous flowers , many of them still blooming happily in the warmth of the long , sunny autumn . |
| 13 | Athelstan wrapped the cope around him and , telling Crim to go forward , they left the church , processing down the steps and into the maze of Southwark streets . |
| 14 | Reached by flights of steps and through the terraced garden , La Campanella is a fascinating small property in an elevated position above the main road in the centre of Taormina town . |
| 15 | He made his way along a footpath flanked by spacious lawns and spectacularly colourful flowerbeds … rumoured to contain plastic flowers to ensure a year-round display … , up a flight of steps and through the double doors of the tri-star-shaped glass and aluminium building . |
| 16 | He went down the steps and through the little brick alley . |
| 17 | Lucie , who had been calling to him all the while , unheard above the din , caught him in both arms and ran with him , up the steps and through the chapel door which Izzie was holding open . |
| 18 | A white terrier bounds through the grass , down the steps and over the daisies . |
| 19 | Even today , the toll of addictive disease is still terrible yet many of those who die were aware of the 12 Steps and of the other recommendations of the Anonymous Fellowships . |
| 20 | If the load is to move a fixed distance then the high gear ratio requires the motor to move a large number of steps and for the load movement to be completed in a reasonable time the motor needs to attain a high stepping rate . |
| 21 | There was no time for him to get up the steps and past the door before it opened and deadly talons reached for him in the darkness . |
| 22 | He hurried with his daughters down the steps and towards the taxi . |
| 23 | I was just in time to glimpse a pale shape at the far end of the house move up the steps and under the colonnade . |
| 24 | Nicandra went down the steps and under the dark carriage portico that put its pillared bulk between evening light , or the light of the moon . |
| 25 | Go down the two ladders and enter the second door , walk down the steps and onto the stage , then it 's under the spotlight to perform all those great songs the Blues Brothers are famous for . |
| 26 | The entrance is by a flight of steps and from the first floor . |
| 27 | It was a plywood box tucked behind the steps and underneath the cockpit floor . |