Example sentences of "step back [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , when she stepped back to survey her own handiwork , she allowed herself a moment of professional pride . |
| 2 | As she stepped back to view the result , she realised that Martha was really a most attractive girl . |
| 3 | ‘ There 'll be rain later , ’ he said as she stepped back to give him passage . |
| 4 | The Archdeacon and Theodora stepped back to give him passage . |
| 5 | The Brigadier saluted the Substitute and Captain and the young lieutenant , and stepped back to let them in . |
| 6 | He found the apartment and opened the door for her and stepped back to let her pass . |
| 7 | As she stepped back to allow him in , he thought he detected a slight reluctance in the gesture . |
| 8 | The bedroom looked beautiful , Sabine thought the following morning , as she stepped back to regard her handiwork . |
| 9 | After a moment she tapped again , then stepped back to fetch the tea . |
| 10 | The general deferred this honour to Miles , before Joseph stepped back to deliver his speech of surrender : |
| 11 | Cadfael stepped back to measure again the angle at which the body lay , and the few paces back along the path where the assailant must have been hidden . |
| 12 | He stepped back to admire his handiwork . |
| 13 | He ran his fingers through her curls and stepped back to admire his handiwork . |
| 14 | Mrs Joyce whistled in amazement and stepped back to look at Martha , her fists now buried in her wobbling hips . |
| 15 | Kirov the tailor put a last quick tuck in position and stepped back to appraise his workmanship . |
| 16 | I stepped back to avoid the overpowering closeness of his face and a little man on the inner circle of the crowd startled me with a friendly smile , but I could not find him again when I looked for him . |
| 17 | ‘ There ! ’ he said , stepping back to examine me , ‘ he wo n't dare insult you . ’ |
| 18 | She managed to free herself , stepping back to breathe in deeply . |
| 19 | Zena Murray emphasised the last word with distaste , stepping back to allow the two plain clothes men into Jim Scott 's office . |
| 20 | Without warning she towered to her feet and he found himself facing into her breasts before stepping back to give her room to pick up gloves and handbag . |
| 21 | ‘ You look frozen , ’ she exclaimed , stepping back to let him into the hall . |
| 22 | ‘ That 's not fair ! ’ she protested , stepping back to steady herself . |
| 23 | Open balustraded verandas intruded at every level , the frontage being stepped back to incorporate them . |
| 24 | Elongated single-aspect plans with hall-corridors on the entrance front were introduced to ensure even greater privacy from callers and servants , private wings were stepped back to create private sheltered garden areas , and the kitchen and staple offices were skilfully deployed at right angles to the main block to create sheltered L-plan forecourts . |
| 25 | Sometimes you see someone painting a door or something and get that little bit done there and then they step back to make sure they have n't missed something cos they could be it could be so obvious to anyone who 's just standing , What 's he doing there he 's left a big piece in the corner there that |
| 26 | At the end of the day it is good to be able to think that as you step back to look at the work — especially if you remember to get down from the ladder first . |
| 27 | A more critical appraisal becomes possible as partners step back to regard each other . |
| 28 | The overload of urgent daily business constantly distracts teachers in their attempts to step back to examine underlying causes and long-term problems . |
| 29 | With that my respondent turned and attacked the ice with such ferocity that I had to step back to avoid the avalanche of detritus . |