Example sentences of "of steps [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I did knock at the door , then , when there was no response , took a couple of steps through into a passage floored with stone slabs and containing nothing but some buckets of coal and a rack of ancient clothes , gardening clobber by the look of it .
2 WordPerfect for Windows Power Macros is one of those weighty ( 500+ pages ) books/manuals and although designed for the ‘ couple of steps up from a basic knowledge ’ reader , I did n't find it got me into the harder bits gently .
3 She took a couple of steps on to the damp surface , lost her balance and collapsed to her knees .
4 Surrounded by wooded gardens , the Hotel Antares is just a small flight of steps away from a private sandy beach .
5 And er take a couple of steps away from the corner you could n't see your a thing , so we were more or less stuck where we where .
6 Yes , er he took a couple of steps away from the bed , er then I told him to lower himself down onto his knees and then eventually lower himself down onto his chest , down onto his front .
7 There is limited parking at Belle Vue ( SE343197 ) beside the Calder & Hebble Navigation ( April 84 guide ) which ends at Fall Ing Lock , below which are a flight of steps down to a convenient platform .
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