Example sentences of "[noun prp] step down [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Mait stepped down from the sedan chair and glanced around the worshippers .
2 Schaffer stepped down from the railed entranceway and watched them going .
3 Owen stepped down into the cell , bent and looked through the doorway into the burial vault .
4 The new president is not expected to take office until March 1990 , or at best 1 January if Jose Sarney steps down from the presidency early .
5 On one of these , Belov stepped down from the wooden rails .
6 On Feb. 21 Nakasone stepped down as the faction 's leader in favour of Michio Watanabe .
7 Peter stepped down from the boat , and walked over the water towards Jesus .
8 Lever looked back up at the screen , watching the young T'ang step down into the darkness .
9 Even before Desmond Boal stepped down from the chairmanship of the Party to advocate his idea of a federal Ireland , the Party was very much what even DUP activists admit to have been ‘ Paisley 's fan club ’ .
10 Wycliffe stepped down into the little hall and pushed open the door of the shop itself .
11 George stepped down from the train to meet the notebook people , and the others fanned out and began clicking .
12 Klepner stepped down from the podium and waited for questions and observations .
13 AT THE annual general meeting of Liphook Civil Service Retirement Fellowship , Dorothy Vaughan stepped down from the chair .
14 Flanked by his guards , Nicholas stepped down from the wide , crumbling wall-alley into a dark arena of rubble , of stench and of silence .
15 Slowly Tamar stepped down from the coach , her face white and her eyes as dull as amber-coloured stones .
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