Example sentences of "[adv] stepped in " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to the secretary of state for the environment , the director-general of water services , and the EC commissioners , regulators include the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ( which has already stepped in to prevent unwelcome mergers ) ; the local authorities ( responsible for monitoring and controlling the standard of clean water supplies ) ; the Drinking Water Inspectorate ( the auditor of technical standards ) ; the National Rivers Authority ( responsible for monitoring and controlling pollution in rivers , lakes and coastal waters , and for maintaining sea walls ) ; Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution , HMIP ( which grants consents for the release of toxic substances into the environment ) ; and the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food ( responsible for granting consents for disposals at sea ) . |
| 2 | Everybody knew that if Everett had not stepped in to buy all those unsold shares , the company would have been a dead duck . |
| 3 | Despite her criticism of their dancing they knew she cared for them and always stepped in in any family crisis : |
| 4 | For a moment she w anted to say that her husband would run the order up to the farm in his van , but something else quickly stepped in and said no . |
| 5 | Bleasdale had written the role expressly for Robert Lindsay but when Lindsay dropped out at one point , Palin enthusiastically stepped in . |
| 6 | Middlesbrough 's Beechwood and Easterside Social Club have also stepped in to help by staging a gala night , and the local Robin Hood Hotel will boost funds with a snooker tournament . |
| 7 | ‘ The teachers ’ strike had a big effect on many of the schools playing union in this part of the country — and rugby league simply stepped in . |
| 8 | They were all sitting there staring at me and Monsieur de Levantiére said , ‘ This is Constance , who has kindly stepped in at the last moment . ’ |
| 9 | When public order was threatened in 1936 — 7 the government hastily stepped in to implement palliative legislation limiting freedom of political expression , but this seemed to keep the problem within bounds . |