Example sentences of "to step in " in BNC.
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| 1 | When another patron tried to step in , the enraged lover flew at him . |
| 2 | BA is keeping its distance from attempts by Stephen Wolf and Jay Pritzker to revive the bidding consortium , but there are still hopes in the US that it could be persuaded to step in at the last minute to add weight to a new bid . |
| 3 | Were French employees to shift their contributions into conventional funds , today 's pensioners would suffer and the government might have to step in . |
| 4 | ‘ It should be a warning to them that if they 're really serious about fighting drug abuse , they need to step in and take a leading role . |
| 5 | But yesterday , with the republic 's police force ruptured along ethnic lines , and civilians heavily armed , Bosnian leaders made a volte face and appealed to the federal army to step in to help separate the warring factions . |
| 6 | Mr Klesch is thus being asked to step in as the disinterested negotiator . |
| 7 | The 44-year-old composer said : ‘ When they let me know they could not afford to pay more than £6 million , I realised we had to step in to save it for the nation . |
| 8 | However , thanks to a nervous disorder , Cameron Nielson III was unable to play at the party and , at the last minute , Cameron agreed to step in . |
| 9 | If they do so , they are making decisions which they have no right to make , because it is the doctor 's obligation to save life not take it , and the parents ' duty to stand by their children from the day they are born or , if this is not feasible , for society itself to step in and shoulder this ultimate demand upon it . |
| 10 | Several English clubs were waiting to step in , but Chapman outwitted them all . |
| 11 | ‘ Psychohistorian ’ Hari Seldon predicts the path to glory and establishes his Thousand Year Plan : a Foundation of scientists to develop imperial muscle , a hidden Second foundation of devious mind-manipulators to safeguard the plan and eventually to step in as destined rulers . |
| 12 | Other firms are waiting in the wings , ready to step in with their own bids for Landsat . |
| 13 | Either there is no one else to step in , or doctors and social workers — themselves at their wits ' end to find facilities — conspire to bring it about by assuming that such care will be given , for example when a patient is discharged from hospital following a stroke . |
| 14 | It is at these times that fate may appear to step in and take over the proceedings . |
| 15 | The Queen was so upset that Palace officials asked the Government to step in . |
| 16 | Officials were forced to step in to calm the pair as they rowed on board a British Airways flight to a summit in Ottowa , Canada . |
| 17 | Someone else has had to step in and fill my position — and it has shown in our results . |
| 18 | Which perhaps opens the door for TV companies over here to step in and make stars once more out of top domestic wrestlers . |
| 19 | Hall made a brief reply and a policeman had to step in to ensure the exchange remained purely verbal . |
| 20 | The Welsh Rugby Union intervened to save the pitch , and then Broomfield and Alexander decided to step in and pay the club 's legal costs . |
| 21 | We 'd go barefoot in the fields and play fairies , and horses and keepers : the horse would have to step in as many cow shits as possible and the keeper would have to clean it up from between their toes . |
| 22 | Everyone watching has the right ( some would say obligation ) to step in and arrest the attackers . |
| 23 | So was it reasonable for the driver to step in and use his car to defend himself against a gang armed with lumps of concrete ? |
| 24 | And even if Gazza fails to make his mark in Italy , there will be no shortage of interest in him , with his hometown club Newcastle last night reported to be ready to step in at the end of the season . |
| 25 | With Richard Dunwoody claimed for Gambling Royal , Graham McCourt is poised to step in for the ride on Grand National winner Party Politics . |
| 26 | With the steam running out of Magee , Core thumped in his big rights and referee Paul Thomas had no alternative but to step in . |
| 27 | Peter Beagrie is likely to step in . |
| 28 | I wanted to have that control in the studio , being able to step in at any moment . ’ |
| 29 | My Bloody Valentine and Blur got stranded at the airport , but thankfully CURVE and SPIRITUALIZED were on hand to step in … |
| 30 | THE New Zealand selectors of the World XV who invited South African centre MARTIN KNOETZE to step in for England 's Will Carling have been labouring under a rather severe misapprehension . |