Example sentences of "he [modal v] step [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At precisely the minute it looked as if he might step back inside the lodge , a young couple , obviously very much in love , got up and left , leaving a place for him to sit . |
| 2 | He could step out into the ante-room , smoke a cigar , even take a walk around the block , and still be back in plenty of time to escort la Principessa safely through the crowd and out the door . |
| 3 | He 'd stand in the doorway and watch Nathan tinkering with his bike and then , when Nathan looked round , he 'd step back into the shadows . |
| 4 | Ahidjo decided in 1981 that for reasons of health , he would step down from the presidency but remain chairman of the ruling party , the Union Nationale Camerounaise ( UNC ) . |
| 5 | EUROTUNNEL chairman Sir Alastair Morton is already planning for the moment he can step down from the £9 billion project . |