Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] the first step " in BNC.
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| 1 | But at least I 'd taken the first step , and not an easy step , considering what I 'd said to the doctor at our last meeting . |
| 2 | I had made my decision and I 'd taken the first step . |
| 3 | I had taken the first step when an elderly man touched my shoulder and asked in the lilting , Spanish-accented French of the region , if I wished to view the church . |
| 4 | Now that she had taken the first steps , she was not so much afraid . |
| 5 | The calm , thoughtful way she acknowledged them and talked them through with me made me feel that we had taken the first step towards friendship . |
| 6 | They had taken the first step but now it was the stream and not they which determined where they should go and what should happen to them . |
| 7 | Luke 's features seemed to reshape themselves momentarily , his expression become one of savage anger , and he had taken the first step of the few that would bring him round the desk to her before she saw him drag control back to himself . |