Example sentences of "take two steps " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chekhov said : ’ In search of truth a man takes two steps forward and one step back . |
| 2 | Having replied Yes with much confidence in his initial request I did not think I could take two steps to the rear , so I hastened to add that the job would take me some considerable time as ti would be my spare-time/spare-time job , consoled myself with the thought that it was the first time that I had made anything to be used in a church , so it would be a challenge . |
| 3 | BOGOTA ( Reuter ) — Colombia 's M-19 guerrillas have agreed to lay down their arms and form a political party , taking two steps envisaged by a peace accord signed with the government . |
| 4 | Pro-activeness is taking two steps forward while pushing your competition one step back |
| 5 | I introduced her , she took two steps , and there was an almighty clatter . |
| 6 | He took two steps which brought him into contact with me : he joined the ATC Squadron , and he saw to it that he did Fire-Watch duty on my nights . |
| 7 | At this point in his writing a white pigeon which had been fluttering round the swimming-pool alighted on the table , took two steps forward and excreted on the ‘ Jottings ’ , no doubt in the interests of historical accuracy . |
| 8 | Bill took two steps forwards and very formally held out his hand . |
| 9 | She stiffened as Sam shut the door and took two steps towards her . |
| 10 | She took two steps down the corridor , then stopped , relieved . |
| 11 | As in painting , the shift to the modern in Berlin theatre took two steps . |
| 12 | Springing up , he took two steps across to it and peered at the glazed array of schoolboy faces . |
| 13 | But , as she took two steps backwards , he followed her into the apartment 's hallway , softly lit by the lamp she had left on . |
| 14 | Guy took two steps away from the solar door and had to stop . |
| 15 | I mean , he he he took two steps dug his foot in ground and give him one of them ! |
| 16 | And then , when he said that , Viola Angotti had taken two steps forward . |
| 17 | He had taken two steps when the guns stopped . |
| 18 | Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam was one ally , all the more so after Farrakhan 's famous denunciation of Judaism as ‘ gutter religion ’ led Jesse Jackson to take two steps back . |
| 19 | Redefine the problem in terms of a challenge , ask them to take two steps backwards and treat it as an experiment . |
| 20 | He knew , in short , precisely when to take two steps to the right , or one to the left . |
| 21 | All you have to do then is to take up the handles maintaining line tension , and either take two steps backwards smartly or pull the arms backwards and downwards in a smooth tugging action to set the kite aloft . |