Example sentences of "step [adv] and [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 Starting with the more usual anti-Hobbesian belief in an immaterial God and perceiving minds or souls , he went one step further and said that this is all there is .
2 From this it is easy to go one step further and to say that the same thing happens in fictional discourse , except that it is a postulated or imagined model of reality — in short , a fiction — that is transferred to the addressee .
3 I have suggested that singing is a good analogy for the discovery and use of the light principle ; I would go one step further and say that it is a literal example of this process .
4 I will go one step further and say that without the correct position at the top of the backswing , other parts of the swing can not function correctly during the forward swing .
5 Clearchus of Soli , another pupil of Aristotle , who must have read his Megasthenes , went a step further and suggested that the Jews were in fact the descendants of the philosophers of India , whom he called Kalanoi .
6 Then if we go on a step further and consider that Paul says the wife 's body does not belong to her alone , that means the husband must have some authority to move the limbs around in various patterns .
7 Some researchers ( for example , Bates 1976 ; Lock 1980a ) have gone a step further and proposed that the non-verbal communicative skills which are displayed in ‘ showing ’ and ‘ requesting ’ objects are direct precursors to the linguistic functions of ‘ telling ’ or ‘ giving information ’ and ‘ asking questions ’ .
8 Then it was that , with him towering over her , she took a step back and observed that Naylor Massingham must have some highly confidential papers in his briefcase since , evidently not trusting to leave it in his car , he had chosen to bring it up to her flat with him .
9 Melissa took a step forward and saw that she was clinging to the cast-iron pillar with both hands , her face half hidden among the foliage , her shoulders heaving .
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