Example sentences of "[vb infin] a step " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it all began in 1890 when a successful businessman , who could not dance a step , presented four ordinary little girls from Manchester in a pantomime at the Prince of Wales Theatre , Liverpool . |
| 2 | However , Paige , suddenly overwhelmed by too much emotion , would n't budge a step until she had told him why she was there . |
| 3 | The sharpened exhibitionism of Stavrogin 's wanting everybody to look at him will not have helped Dostoevsky with Katkov , but it does mark a step away from Crime and Punishment and closer to Notes from Underground . |
| 4 | Riffaterre 's recognition of the variable character of the ‘ poetic ’ and the importance of the reader 's role may well mark a step forward from Jakobson 's views . |
| 5 | Officials emphasized that this move , anticipated to last not more than three months , did not constitute a step towards a state of emergency but simply formalised the existing situation . |
| 6 | Others may prefer a step by step process of building up fine details , until mastery of a subsection of the task is reached , before moving on . |
| 7 | Then , when the brand is hot and the brander comes up to the horse and touches it momentarily on the shoulder ( previously clipped ) , the horse will be surprised , but will probably not even move a step , providing the handler remains relaxed and reassuring . |
| 8 | She could not move a step . |
| 9 | This always used to happen in older ballets when the hero would take a step forward with a slight stamp before he ‘ swore to marry ’ the heroine . |
| 10 | Yet some did take a step of great courage . |
| 11 | Now let us take a step in time and move from summer to autumn , the time when the lush weed is still present and the water still runs clear at not much more than summer level . |
| 12 | Having seen how it is possible to tell a story within a particular sequence , let's take a step back to consider how this might be made to relate to the story of a whole day on the sands . |
| 13 | Moreover , by accepting the overwhelming evidence that there are innate human capacities , predilections , and constraints , we can take a step further in such an enterprise . |
| 14 | He turned , but before he could take a step the door opened and Horatia was there . |
| 15 | He went to her , taking her shoulders gently , wanting , despite his anger , to make things right between them , but she shrugged him off , turning violently to confront him , the fury in her eyes making him take a step back from her . |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't mess around with me ! ’ he interrupted with the savage snarl of an angry lion , making Meredith take a step back in astonishment . |
| 17 | As it fell about her , she saw Benedict take a step towards her and moved quickly away . |
| 18 | Luke was on his feet and in front of her before she could take a step towards the doors . |
| 19 | ‘ We wo n't take a step back from pursuing these scum on both sides but the public should know that the legal profession has significantly crippled our efforts against killers on both sides . |
| 20 | THE GREENING of Edinburgh may take a step forward with the creation of Scotland 's first city centre combined heat and power system . |
| 21 | I did take a step back and look at myself . |
| 22 | I wonder if I could just take a step back in conclusion and ask you a couple of rather broader questions , more general questions . |
| 23 | Well let's just take a step backwards . |
| 24 | The side wall foundation would start just below the lower terrace level , and if the flight is to be very high , this foundation could have a step in it to reduce the mount of brick or stone blocks needed — pressure against the wall would be considerably reduced because of the angle of the steps . |
| 25 | But it 's also useful for yourself , because you can forget a couple of steps , even though you 've built this spreadsheet , and er , when you update this spreadsheet for the following months , you know , occasionally you might forget a step . |
| 26 | I 'd even go a step further than the physical necessities of being able to see and hear properly and say that the audience must be in the right mood , too , to receive the message . |
| 27 | One might go a step further . |
| 28 | If they fire your imagination , you can go a step further and pit your skills during a weekend of intrigue , conflicting evidence , clues and the ‘ rich reek of red herrings ’ , as one brochure graphically puts it . |
| 29 | Then later , as his speed and timing improve and after gaining a certain amount of success over his own ranks , he can go a step higher and spar with a student with more experience than himself . |
| 30 | Every time a Jew remembers to say his daily prayers , they feel the Messiah come a step nearer . |