Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] a step " in BNC.
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| 1 | You wo n't do yourself any favours by getting worked up before you 've run a step . |
| 2 | She had advanced a step further towards him until now they were standing almost breast to breast . |
| 3 | It was a distinct , physical feeling of sick panic , as if she had taken a step — and there was nothing there . |
| 4 | ‘ We have gone a step further , even starting some nests off by taping on twigs and other suitable material to the boxes . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We have taken a step backward , ’ Ryan said — and on this sorry evidence it looks as if it will be backwards all the way when the Test takes place at Cardiff Arms Park on 4 November . |
| 6 | Mr Ward said : ‘ Something has to be done here as we have taken a step backwards . |
| 7 | That having taken this momentous decision to join the Exchange Rate Mechanism , we have taken a step of the most important step towards economic monetary union from which there can be no turning back . |
| 8 | At the Microsoft Conference in March 1991 , C-Cube showed they had gone a step further . |
| 9 | Sec. knows that he has made a step towards a quorum on the next occasion . |
| 10 | Fifteen Para , which has its headquarters in my constituency , was being marched to oblivion until public opinion brought itself to bear on the Ministry , and I am grateful that it has taken a step backwards , but we still do not know what size that step is . |
| 11 | His unconventionality , his unorthodoxy and his accent all helped the party to feel that it had made a step forward : " the dawn of the new regime " . |
| 12 | He had taken a step towards her . |
| 13 | In a moment the paper was back in its folder , and he had taken a step away from her . |