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• “We had heard no step on the grass-grown track; the water running in the vale was the one lulling sound of the hour and scene; we might well then start when a gay voice, sweet as a silver bell, exclaimed: --”

  Jane Eyre: an autobiography, Vol. II.

• “All day he was “down town”; and in winter it was long after nightfall when she heard his fagged step on the stairs and his hand on the school-room door.”

  Simon & Schuster: The House of Mirth

• “You hop on the treadmill, jump on the bike, or step on the elliptical trainer; then you turn on the TV or pop in the earphones of your iPod or flip through the trifecta of required reading People, Us Weekly, and In Touch, and off you go … to nowhere fast.”

  Simon & Schuster: Lange 2010

• “Nazia walked beside Maleeha, keeping her gaze down, taking care not to step on the crabs or the decaying starfish that littered the sand.”

  Simon & Schuster: Beneath My Mother’s Feet

• “I wandered over to the mantel, taking care not to step on the rug, and examined the pictures on display in their gold-edged frames.”

  Simon & Schuster: Miss Misery

• “The house was empty when at length he heard her step on the stair and strolled out of the billiard-room to join her.”

  Simon & Schuster: The House of Mirth

• “Or maybe about that year that Steven Gardener and his friends spent every lunch trying to step on the back heels of his shoes.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Six Rules of Maybe

• “Whether I knew it or not, the white silk khata represented a blessing that moved me to the next step on my journey of discovery.”

  Simon & Schuster: Manifesting Michelangelo

• ““All of you will take the oath in two days, the first step on the great road to becoming a communist,” continues Vera Pavlovna as she looks at Dimka.”

  Simon & Schuster: A Mountain of Crumbs

• “One difficult step on Earth may have been the beginning of what is known as eukaryotic lifein which cells have an elaborate structure with nuclei and ribosomes.”

  Simon & Schuster: George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt

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