Example sentences of "[art] few steps " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a patch where the rough surface of brickwork was exposed , someone had vomited , probably a passing drunk whose sense of propriety , demanding privacy , had deterred him from being sick in the street ; or a returning resident who could not wait to climb the few steps to the communal toilet on the first half-landing . |
| 2 | I took a deep breath of cool air before diving into the blast of heat and walking the few steps to the house . |
| 3 | Holly kicked the snow from his shoes against the jamb of the door and climbed the few steps into Hut 2 . |
| 4 | The wound plagued an injured nerve for the last time as he took the few steps to the trapdoor under the beam . |
| 5 | Walking the few steps to the dressing table , she picked it up . |
| 6 | This can be shown by carrying out the few steps necessary , and so below you will find a worked example of key words and patterns . |
| 7 | When he turned to look at her with some compassion , she walked the few steps that kept them apart and , staring at him with desperate eyes , insisted , ‘ That woman in the docks … it was her , was n't it ? |
| 8 | She saw Alexei , paused and smiled , and then descended the few steps and came towards him . |
| 9 | Without conscious intent he walked the few steps to the bookshop . |
| 10 | So we all walked the few steps to Wuthering Heights . |
| 11 | She walked the few steps towards him , her legs shaking like a toddler 's , and stood in front of him , waiting . |
| 12 | ( 24 ) He put a hand under her elbow and helped her stumble the few steps she had to take . |
| 13 | His eyes never left Lamarr Dean , but his right hand closed on the Spencer and it was down at his side as he walked over the few steps to the bar . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She even took a few steps towards them . |
| 16 | Marie took a few steps towards him . |
| 17 | Since they were not obvious from where he was standing , he took a few steps and examined the table-top . |
| 18 | There is no need to go back to square one ; just a few steps backward is all that is needed . |
| 19 | Nathan laughed and ran a few steps in front of Ari , turning back to bow . |
| 20 | She had to take a walk down a short corridor from the main hallway , go down a few steps to the kitchen . |
| 21 | He nodded , and left the room , Alexia a few steps behind . |
| 22 | They 'd only taken a few steps when a man gave an appreciative wolf whistle . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | I take a few steps then , remembering my hold-all , push my way back to it like a drowning man . |
| 25 | The entrance to the Clementinum ( 1/190 ) is a few steps farther down , on the same side of the street . |
| 26 | ‘ Can you just come forward a few steps ? |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | A few steps so that she can come back up them to the balcony . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | A few steps and then that freeze while the dying buck twitched its ears . |