Example sentences of "a [det] step " in BNC.
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| 1 | And on the stone staircase , a few steps up from Bert 's cubbyhole , Flossie barking asthmatically from inside , lay Bunty Baird , head down , her pretty limbs ugly in disorder within the flimsy disarray of her kimono , one white sandal still on her foot . |
| 2 | She even took a few steps towards them . |
| 3 | Marie took a few steps towards him . |
| 4 | Since they were not obvious from where he was standing , he took a few steps and examined the table-top . |
| 5 | There is no need to go back to square one ; just a few steps backward is all that is needed . |
| 6 | Nathan laughed and ran a few steps in front of Ari , turning back to bow . |
| 7 | She had to take a walk down a short corridor from the main hallway , go down a few steps to the kitchen . |
| 8 | He nodded , and left the room , Alexia a few steps behind . |
| 9 | They 'd only taken a few steps when a man gave an appreciative wolf whistle . |
| 10 | Silence fell between them for a few steps , then he said , his tone slightly different , ‘ I 've heard on the grapevine that you came to Glasgow from Heymouth , and that you were involved in the disaster there last August . ’ |
| 11 | I take a few steps then , remembering my hold-all , push my way back to it like a drowning man . |
| 12 | The entrance to the Clementinum ( 1/190 ) is a few steps farther down , on the same side of the street . |
| 13 | ‘ Can you just come forward a few steps ? |
| 14 | The rear door of the car opened and my father was observed to be standing there , a few steps back from the vehicle , gazing steadily into the interior . |
| 15 | A few steps so that she can come back up them to the balcony . |
| 16 | I did not see the production until the following Christmas , when it contained an amusing touch which I imagine John must have added that year , after Leonide Massine had revived The Three-cornered Hat at Covent Garden : Hansel and Gretel danced a few steps with a bunch of grapes , a good-humoured quotation from the dance of the miller and his wife in Massine 's ballet . |
| 17 | A few steps and then that freeze while the dying buck twitched its ears . |
| 18 | Luke took a few steps forward , then flicking his wrist , sent the lash out at waist-level . |
| 19 | Here , just a few steps from the bustling city centre , reposes GRANARY WHARF . |
| 20 | On her way out she paused , reaching up to slot the dā telo branch between the stones above the lintel , and the bull lowered its head threateningly and took a few steps towards her as if it was going to lunge . |
| 21 | Frightened now , hemmed into the confined space with no escape , they ran in unison , a few steps one way , then the other , heads thrown back above the shifting bodies , yellow eyes ablaze . |
| 22 | With a sigh I went on a few steps further to George 's office and found him as I 'd expected , fully dressed , lightly napping , with worked-on forms pushed to one side beside an empty coffee cup . |
| 23 | He had taken only a few steps across the playground when he was stopped by a rough command . |
| 24 | If at any point you come into contact with it you lose a life immediately and are moved a few steps back . |
| 25 | You were n't supposed to stick anything on the walls , but Jamila had pinned up poems by Christina Rossetti , Plath , Shelley and other vegetarians , which she copied out of library books and read when she stretched her legs by taking a few steps around the tiny room . |
| 26 | The fourth is a few steps up the ladder and could easily be used as a gigging guitar , although it still carries hallmarks of the mass-produced Korean instrument . |
| 27 | A woman of about 30 lurched out of the Post Office in front of us and staggered down the road a few steps before falling — her exposed thighs and palms making a sickening ‘ slap-smack ’ sound on the pavement . |
| 28 | He took a few steps towards her and raised his hand to touch her neck , but she gave a little shake of her head and that set him stumbling backwards . |
| 29 | BT has gone a few steps further , and begun trials of its own telephone robot , capable of handling many of the routine tasks usually dealt with by its 25,000 human operators . |
| 30 | She waited thus for what she judged to be half an hour , moving a few steps to and fro to keep warm whenever the coast was clear . |