Example sentences of "he step [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a blustery , windy , cold night and knowing that a down steam-hauled train was due , he stepped onto the up line instead of the safety of the trackside cess . |
| 2 | When William Green settled in Ambleside in 1800 , he stepped into the crucible of the new Romantic movement in Britain . |
| 3 | The black gloom of his anger was effaced when he stepped into the open air . |
| 4 | Now he stepped into the street , head down , and began to trot quickly back towards his house , about half a mile away . |
| 5 | Nervously , he stepped into the room and walked around , crunching the broken plaster that had fallen from the crumbling ceiling . |
| 6 | As he stepped into the court 's exit cubicle and a door locked automatically behind him , paranoid schizophrenic Clive Wells cheekily waved goodbye to the three psychiatric nurses guarding him . |
| 7 | As he stepped into the light from the open door , Constance realised that Nicky was indeed very drunk . |
| 8 | He stepped into the hall . |
| 9 | Checking his watch , he stepped into the cupboard inquisitively . |
| 10 | Without waiting for a response he stepped into the thicket . |
| 11 | He stepped into the kitchen and put something on the table . |
| 12 | He stepped into the shallow copper tray which had been placed in the centre of the floor , and allowed himself to be showered — a constant sprinkling of water which was poured through a perforated funnel by one male slave , while others maintained the supply of water with buckets . |
| 13 | Connon took a last look back at the gathering gloom before he stepped into the house . |
| 14 | Then she thought about Piers , seeing his nudity as he stepped into the bath with astounding clarity . |
| 15 | He stepped into the large office and stood in front of the desk . |
| 16 | Working the pump action to reload , he stepped into the gap of the open doorway and swung the gun up to cover the empty corridor . |
| 17 | He stepped into the hall . |
| 18 | As he stepped into the room , the door swung shut behind him , causing a skitter of claustrophobia to make Shiona catch her breath . |
| 19 | The soft sound of the other man 's laughter followed him as he stepped into the foyer . |
| 20 | ‘ Scott is a valuable member of my first-team squad who readily fills in whenever someone like Richard Gough or Davie McPherson falls injured and , against Brugge , he stepped into the limelight on his own . ’ |
| 21 | Claudia , standing by the window , looking down at the street , knew the moment he stepped over the threshold . |
| 22 | He stepped over the threshold , brushing back his hair in that characteristic gesture , both modest and attractive . |
| 23 | He stepped over the recumbent body on the floor and swept her up into his arms , crushing her against his chest as his lips came down hard on hers . |
| 24 | He began to tremble as he stepped through the door and looked up at the dim stairway which climbed steeply out of the bare and musty hall . |
| 25 | Climbing out , stood for a few seconds to let his eyes adjust to the pale moonlight , then he stepped through the gap and began to pick his way carefully down the uneven terrain of the slope , towards the crashed car below . |
| 26 | He stepped through the deep snow towards the grave where Tallis stood her silent guard . |
| 27 | Spring and Autumn or something like that Art to regain his breath as he stepped through the swing doors into the ordered gloom . |
| 28 | He stepped towards the Doctor . |
| 29 | Instead , he stepped towards the thing as the others retreated . |
| 30 | George had been tried out in a variety of parts , but each time he stepped on the stage he would stand with his legs and arms splayed out and drone monotonously . |