Example sentences of "she stepped [adv prt] to the " in BNC.

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1 She stepped on to the train , allowing one minor satisfaction to screen her anxiety at the absence of a major one .
2 In 1988 , she stepped on to the ministerial ladder as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of the Environment , where she took charge of one of Mrs Margaret Thatcher 's pet hates — litter .
3 The station was practically empty of people and Emily felt so alone as she stepped on to the train .
4 As she stepped on to the tongue of buckled metal , Bernice looked back .
5 She stepped on to the bomb-site , and began to pick her way along the slippery path worn between the piles of overgrown rubble .
6 ‘ Twelve o'clock ! ’ he called out as she stepped on to the pavement ; then he was gone , the little green car melding into the rest of the traffic and rapidly becoming lost to sight .
7 The building might be old , but this was no cheap accommodation , she observed as she stepped on to the landing .
8 She stepped on to the tall boy 's left ankle .
9 Lindsey gasped as she stepped on to the deck and was hit by a wave of cold air .
10 I stared at her , transfixed , as she stepped over to the scaly green cupboard where she kept all of her books .
11 She stepped down to the level .
12 She stepped in to the room on the soft carpet and said loudly in French , ‘ What the hell do you think you 're doing ? ’
13 All the same , she badly needed some air and solitude , so she stepped out to the veranda , closed the door silently behind her , slipped off her high heels and held them in one hand , then padded on silent stockinged feet down the back stairs and into the garden .
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