step back

Take the G20 meeting a couple of weeks ago -- stepped back from its commitments of just a few months ago.

He withdrew his hands and stepped back, as if waking from some somnambulistic experience.

With that the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his trousers.

There was such a note of wild despair in his low voice that she dropped her hand from his arm and stepped back.

Since the Cultural Revolution ended, Beijing has stepped back from trying to obliterate Tibetan culture, and rebuilt some monasteries.

Then he took up the false child and Moth took the baby and together they left the house and stepped back into the world.

But when his mother stepped back and looked at the stranger, her anger was changed to surprise.

He then stepped back in line and continued to talk to me.

He stepped back, and began to circle, casually, as if he were trying to get a better view of a statue in a museum.

People wanted to see his best the moment he stepped back on to the field after the World Cup, but I said he needed games, he needed time.

There was blood on Holly's lips as she stepped back, and blood dribbling from his mouth as he fell.

Around the world, market participants stepped back in mass from what, up to then, were standardised, routine, predictable transactions.

I stepped back, instantly realizing it was one of the many factory robots.

She almost threw up and both hands flew up to cover her mouth and she stepped back from the door.

He stepped back several times to make sure the picture was really straight. Then he gave it a gentle touch with his hand.

He stepped back and looked at her with his head on one side.

When the movie finished playing, I stepped back and took a look around. . . there were at least 30 other people standing there watching it.

I followed her, wondering what on earth she was up to. She deposited the stick on Dad' s bed, then stepped back, wagging her tail like mad.

As he tripped over the terms of his promise I interrupted him, and stepped back.

She stepped back and made a face in the mirror, sucking in her cheeks and arching her eyebrows.

I knew we would have problems trying to convey Rule 2, and that is part of the reason we have stepped back to wait and see the blank stares.

When Prince Georg Friedrich Ferdinand of Prussia married Princess Sophie of Isenburg it was like their country had stepped back in time.

On second thought, he stepped back off the train, walked over to the beggar and took several pencils from the cup.

She stepped back appearing surprised and put up her hands, as if in defense.

GARETH forced Hugh to his knees before the block. The knight stepped back, but not far, only two or three paces.

Jack stepped back and made a motion with his hand indicating that Mary should go first . Please.

I could have stepped back, looked at my life, and realized that the stuff wasn't fulfilling me.

The guards gasped and stepped back, shielding their eyes as Varian's entire being was rocked by an influx of pure light.

It has already stepped back a little from its historical antipathy to capital controls.

What would the Iranians think about America if we stepped back in the face of this extremist challenge?

He stepped back into the cave, holding the stick high above his head.

Then, looking pleased, she stepped back from the window and went into the shop.

The trail is popular nowadays with hikers, but as we arrived in the Yukon I headed out to it and stepped back in time.

"Now it is your turn, " he said as he gracefully stepped back onto the safe ground.

"My goodness, " Sandy whispered, as she stepped back.

When the soldiers stepped back, the alchemist pushed the object over with the toe of his boot.

The world has stepped back from the brink, but is still skirting the edge of the precipice .

Bearing various flowers and fruits, they came to where the Buddha was, touched his feet with their heads, stepped back, and sat on one side.

He let go of her hand, and stepped back.

She stepped back inside, closed the door.

The security officer stepped back, unwilling to engage. He expected the droids to do his fighting for him.

It was the first time on a Thursday I stepped back from the board and the whole show was there.

Earlier this week Mr. Hatoyama stepped back from a pledge to eliminate a gasoline surtax, citing the fiscal situation.

Reaching the house, I opened the door. Whoa! I stepped back.

The heartbeat suddenly stopped and an eerie silence descended as Dagen stepped back a pace.

I think, in the meanwhile, the FIA has stepped back a little bit from potentially increasing entry fees and the associated costs.

Kevin stepped back a few feet to survey what he'd done.

Buck took Thornton's hand between his teeth, then let go, and Thornton stood up and stepped back.

It's like we've stepped back in time completely. It's incredible.

For the most part, China has stepped back from exporting raw steel, in favor of higher-value finished goods.

She stepped back a few paces. ; She backed up several steps.

So, as we have faced liability, we have stepped back and back, and unfortunately, where there is liability, guess what there is. Power.

Mr Murdoch would do his shareholders and his family a service if he recognised that, and stepped back.

He leaned forward and draped the thing around her neck, then stepped back to admire.

Margaret, a publishing executive, tells her own near-miss story of how she stepped back from the brink of insanity.

I hope when historians look back on these unprecedented times they will understand that we stepped back from the brink of fragmentation.

This time, though, I stepped back several paces to look the situation over.

He will replace fellow co-founder Evan Williams, who has stepped back from daily involvement with Twitter but will remain on the board.

The men stepped forward with their left foot; the women stepped back with their right.

Unable to open the door, he stepped back and saw a large sign that read, "Door Sticks. Pull hard. "

When the pause came, she stepped back to look at her work.

Most of the families have sold up or stepped back from day-to-day management.

He was too much astounded to resist. Withdrawing the key I stepped back from the recess.

Ahead of the expected rebuke, News Corp. stepped back.

She stepped back to appraise her workmanship.

I stepped back a pace or two .

Despite the push to grid technologies, few groups have stepped back to evaluate what it really means to grid-enable an end-to-end process.

We could not keep it up and they stepped up, we stepped back and in the end, the gulf was pretty big.

He stepped back to appreciate the painting.

But President Obama says "we have stepped back from the brink. "

When she finished painting, she stepped back to admire the overall effect.

He stepped back to the table, tore open the envelope, and began to read, giving the stranger an opportunity to recover himself.

It was d'Urberville! She gasped and stepped back, her face pale.

Now and then he stepped back to look at his work from a distance.

He stepped back to admire the painting.

He waved several times for them to come along and then stepped back into the darkness.

the count bowed , but stepped back.

It is clear we have stepped back from the brink.

I quickly stepped back.

The artist stepped back so that he could see how his work was progressing.

To some extent she has taken the role by default, as America has stepped back from peacemaking.

Mbeki had previously stepped back from the AIDS debate in South Africa in 2000 after causing much controversy. 21