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Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love, though I'd stepped in it a few times.

They shook hands and said good-bye, and as the plane began to move, De Gaulle stepped in and slammed the door.

Some people lived better lives than others but we were all sinners bound for a lost eternity until Christ stepped in and saved us.

The president of Rwanda stepped in and said he would do it.

"You know, Jack, after your father died, Mr. Belser stepped in to our life, " she said.

But this time, the E. P. A. stepped in and in 2007 told him that he was out of compliance with the Clean Water Act.

The bank stepped in to save the company from financial ruin.

When he guessed wrong again a plump woman with a bright orange plume on her hat stepped in to try as well.

Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a few times.

In the end the team stepped in and asked Lasse to be part of the team and try standing for the next couple of sprints.

Many had to be carried or helped away from the five hour party and the police stepped in to help one party-goer who collapsed on a verge.

Then Irish banks, saddled by poor property loans, began to sink, and the state stepped in with bailouts that total up to 50 billion.

Intelligence officials knew there was an adult male in there, but they couldn't catch a glimpse. He never stepped in to view.

Egypt's Hosni Mubarak tried to leave power in the hands of his vice president, a move negated only when the army stepped in.

The part was originally intended for Up In the Air actress Vera Farmiga, but she became pregnant and Riseborough stepped in.

If the police had not stepped in when they did there would have been serious violence.

If he had stepped in there and used his eyes, instead of his disordered mind, he could have cure the well by natural means.

Marshall and his team stepped in to get just such a ruling with the Brown case, and in the process changed the face of American society.

"Don't be silly. " Trevor said, and stepped in front. "It's just far away. " He said and ran, but hit with a thud onto the ground.

That program has been a target of Bush administration budget - cutting for several years , but Congress has always stepped in to save it .

There was a knock on the door and a large stoutish man stepped in.

The door opened and Jim stepped in and closed it . He looked thin and very serious.

Ironic, isn't it, that she stepped in when your parents were too busy working and now you're too busy working to give her the time of day?

The president, they argue, never stepped in and barnstormed for a climate bill the way he did with health care.

Claussen says in the absence of a substantive commitment by the federal government, U. S. states have stepped in to pick up the slack.

However, as a fee has not been agreed between Boro and Spurs, Sunderland have stepped in with an improved offer.

If an idea for improving the window display of a nearby store occurred to me, I stepped in and suggested it to the storekeeper.

Then the Jazz stepped in with a six-year, $70 million offer, and that was that.

Maybe it's a frazzled pregnant woman at the DMV. Or how about that old couple who just stepped in behind you at the bank?

Had the government not stepped in, GM might have restructured under normal bankruptcy procedures, without putting public money at risk.

Harry stepped in, his head almost touching the sloping ceiling, and blinked.

Doctor Foster went to Gloucester In a shower of rain; He stepped in a puddle right up to his middle And never went there again .

Sze said she was saved by a social worker who stepped in on her behalf.

Mom is real tight with our principal, so I'll bet she stepped in and made sure I got put in the Gifted group again.

Eventually, the Federal Communications Commission stepped in and began investigating the dispute.

Due to their humility, the Andromeda Council intervened, stepped in and helped relocate them to a completely different star system.

Actually, I stepped in for an advertising job as an extra since I was in high school, not be Praeak from the beginning.

A local news report indicated Stoddard heroically stepped in front of his wife, who was shot but survived.

The Great Leader, as Libya's ruler is officially known, may have stepped in to order the release of his son's journalists.

At some point the city stepped in and turned it into a public utility.

But it was about more than money. As the shoot dragged on and on, Costner stepped in for his stuntman, just to get it done sooner.

Officials say the military vet stepped in after the robber put a gun to a woman's head.

The multilateral financial institutions created at Bretton Woods have stepped in to help countries avert or address the crises.

With the bank's stock trading at about $30, JPMorgan stepped in with a $2 per share offer that was later raised to $10.

If their shares had not imploded, would the government have stepped in to save RBS and the others?

The regional government in Giessen stepped in and warned that it would overturn the rule.

The U. S. government stepped in during the financial crisis to protect money-market funds against any losses.

After a few more customer implementation problems the CEO stepped in and forced the issue.

Hardly had I sat down when he stepped in.

However, Chelsea now look to have stepped in a struck a quick deal with both Maniche and Dinamo.

Father stepped in and forbade me to go camping.

When other governments complained about such an obvious breach of competition rules, the European Commission stepped in.

An anonymous benefactor stepped in to provide the money of the consolation prize.

When investors stopped buying Italian debt this summer, the ECB stepped in and bought Italian bonds on the secondary markets.

Of course, when the housing crisis caused huge losses for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the federal government stepped in and bailed them out.

But this week President Barack Obama himself stepped in to spell out the implications of a default.

Since the rescue of Bear Stearns in March, prices in the loan market had recovered as funds stepped in to pick up bargains.

Dubai came close to default last month until Abu Dhabi stepped in with a $10 billion bailout.

The U. S. government has stepped in as lender and spender of last resort, but its deep pockets are not bottomless.

Then thousands of army troops stepped in late Friday to reinforce the police.

German broadcaster says security guards stepped in front of its television camera to block a live broadcast from the Great Wall.

Mr. Pfluger stepped in to help assemble a team of foreign and international scientists to go looking for them.

He called upon his courage and stepped in.

Earlier this year, heightened volatility led to higher volumes as clients stepped in to hedge their positions.

This threatened to trigger IKB's collapse, until KFW, the state-owned German bank, stepped in and offeredan ? bn credit facility.

The Fed has effectively stepped in to guarantee the money market funds, but confidence has been shaken.

Kathleen gave him an angry look, so he stepped in the shallow part of the pool.

One of the girls stepped in front of me.

Taking up a fallen blaster he decided that to kill Leia might win him respect with whoever stepped in to take Jabba's place.

Mary stepped in front of her lover. "Dennis, Christ! Please put the gun away. Please! "

The fight was well under way by the time the police stepped in.

Across the globe governments have, rightly, stepped in to counter the economic slump.

As I stepped in, I was invited by a warm vendor to drop in her shop.

The driver sounded his horn when the child stepped in front of his car .

After someone told you that there was gum on the ground, you stepped in it.

Serveral government departments finally stepped in and gave warning to the construction.

Authorities have stepped in to close off many highways across the troubled region.

The European and American economic motors are out of order. China has stepped in.

When Ms. Bartz stepped in as CEO, tensions over the role reversal intensified almost immediately.

The two stopped their row after MIIT stepped in, warning them against unfair competition and practices harming consumers.

Barclays stepped in for DFC, a bankrupt New Zealand mortgage bank in 1989, replacing it as a counterparty for all its interest-rate swaps.

Similarly, where no oil major would touch the Sudanese oilfields given the human rights catastrophe in the country, China stepped in.

today , droglo left early to tend to a minor cut on his shoulder , so i stepped in to give the prince some lessons.

Congress and the courts have repeatedly stepped in to restore a more desirable constitutional balance.

Scouts stepped in to fill public-service jobs, helping at the hospitals, sorting out aid supplies, even directing traffic.

The U. S. ultimately stepped in to guarantee money-market mutual funds.

Antigovernment protesters in Bangkok are abandoning their days-long rally after Thailand's army stepped in to quell two days of rioting.

fate stepped in and dealt him a sweet card.

Within eight days China's leading politicians were reported to have stepped in.

It is a very important and risky period that China has stepped in during the modernization process.

Governments in all major European markets have also stepped in to help carmakers with their own scrappage schemes.

One day, the fawn stepped in a trap in the forest and was captured.

When huge wealth put new pressure on the son, the elder Gates stepped in to start what is now the world's largest private philanthropy.

Beijing stepped in to ensure power was restored, but other counties in Hebei continue to implement similar far-reaching cuts.

When the young man stepped in front of McKinley, McKinley reached out to shake his hand.

But, no, the Irish government stepped in to guarantee the banks' debt, turning private losses into public obligations.

Unlike when Wall Street firms stepped in to bail out hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management a decade ago, today's banks are much weaker.

It was knocked off its throne only briefly when the Fed stepped in to buy government bonds with its quantitative easing.

Once that happened, the bearish short sellers stepped in, and the bulls couldn't overpower them this time.

The government stepped in, using billions of taxpayer dollars to help banks, investment firms, and even major insurers weather the storm.

But, as sometimes happens in life, fate stepped in and changed the plan.

The union leadership stepped in last week and made the strike official.

Then holding the lighted candle, he stepped in and turned on the light inside, only to find it was so light a cave.

This is where Jack Campbell, a then first-year medical student, stepped in and he became the first ever cheerleader.

But others stepped in, and the opportunities to bet online have expanded elsewhere in the world.

When the euro hit 120 against the dollar China stepped in to preserve the euro as an international currency.

The Plainfield Asset Management Group stepped in to revitalize bankrupt SMART Papers just last month.

Once again Astor stepped in to monitor his friend's treatment but Orwell's specialist was privately pessimistic.

The children stepped in the park, singing and laughing.

The babysitter stepped in when the two brothers started fighting over the toy truck.

Greece's four biggest banks on Sunday stepped in to rescue a small lender and avert a run on the country's fragile banking system.

He stepped in, with tears in his eyes.

Policymakers in other emerging economies also stepped in decisively where needed.

Barack was raised by a single mother who struggled to pay the bills, and by grandparents who stepped in when she needed help.

The door opened and Jim stepped in.

But the country's traditional donors have not stepped-in to help.

But then the clerics stepped in, questioning the anything-goes attitude emerging in the sukuk market and other areas of Islamic finance.

When I finished eating I went out of the eatery, and then stepped in again. I asked the waiter if there was any other hospital in Wuhu.

Opened the door and stepped in.

Then serendipity stepped in. One morning Dr Liggins discovered that a lamb he had infused with cortisol had been born overnight.

So I stepped in with a list of banking stocks and did some buying.

Wen said whenever some countries have been in extreme crisis and difficulties, China has stepped in to help them stabilize their debt.

But this week, too, President George Bush stepped in to commend his brother's efforts to keep Mrs Schiavo alive.

Kuwait's central bank stepped in yesterday to support Gulf Bank, which has been hit by derivative trading losses.

But the director also add another detail, select Hannah finally stepped in books hanging.

Abroad, central banks in Brazil, Japan and other Asian economies have stepped in to stabilize their currencies.

The army has mostly stepped in when inept civilian governments were on the brink of collapse.

The Federal Reserve stepped in with currency swaps that helped relieve the won crunch.

We couldn't help to notice the festival atmosphere throughout the hotel as we stepped in.

He stepped in to make sure you had a man's influence in your life.

Several soldiers stepped in to ensure the young man's safety.

I was wet and I must somewhere have stepped in a puddle .

Before she could ask if that was a Beyonce song, I stepped in.

Six months earlier, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury had stepped in to prevent the rival Bear Stearns from filing for bankruptcy.

Until American Expedition Vehicles (AEV) stepped in to supply the Jeep J8 to regular people, that's exactly how things stood.

In Dongguan, the local labor office has stepped in to pay some worker wages.

They had only been talking for five minutes when a stranger stepped in.

When the protests became violent, the police stepped in.

I was almost at the goal when I stepped in a gopher hole and broke my leg.

The State Administration of Radio Film and Television stepped in.

When regulators stepped in to stabilise the situation they did so to protect the financial system.

He was appointed chief operating officer of Apple in 2005, and stepped in for Jobs again in 2009 when the Apple CEO took a medical leave.

Eventually the army stepped in to prevent violence between regime supporters and opponents.

Referee Ed Malloy stepped in to separate them and also called a technical on Howard.

Deutsche Bank, the bookrunner, has stepped in to make up the $40. 7m shortfall.

The clerk stepped in and asked for Mr. Black.

In the U. S. , the government stepped in to prop up ailing banks during the 2008 financial crisis.

The signs this week were that the ECB had stepped in to ease Italian yields.

The PFA [the players' union] were great: they stepped in and we got our money.

An anonymous benefactor stepped in to provide the prize money.

The theories of modem psychology have stepped in to argue that we must understand the need of children.

Central Banks have supplied ample liquidity and some have stepped in with creative ways to keep credit flowing.

My ego stepped in and screamed, "Whoa! Slow down sister, you don't have a back-up job. "

Cell phone easy for the criminals stepped in the community.

Daala was defeated, and Pellaeon stepped in to fill the power vacuum.

A gangly youth dressed in jeans and trainers stepped in from the corridor.

A local businessman stepped in with a large donation for the school.

The business was doing poorly until Stan stepped in.

Phoebe: And on my way over here, I stepped in gum. . . . What is up with the universe? !

she was my baby, 'til he stepped in.

The central government in Beijing stepped in, firing 25 local officials and putting 22 of them under criminal investigation.

Though late one night, not much light, I stepped in something icky.

Illegal organ traffickers have stepped in to fill that gap.

This was where Bethune stepped in.

"Look out! " John cried as his friend almost stepped in front of the approaching car.

Panic spread after the government stepped in and partly nationalised Glitnir, the third-largest bank.

It is not long ago that I first stepped in you.

When the government stepped in last October, it only took over the domestic operations of the three big banks.

But even LBBW, which stepped in to buy SachsenLB, and is the biggest Landesbank, is a pygmy by European standards.

It was over 10 years since I leaved there and when I stepped in again, some lost memorise got in my mind.

Lucy stepped in at very short notice to take Joan's place.

Look out! " Jeffrey cried as his friend almost stepped in a big hole in the ground. "

He stepped in front of the kid and laid down the rules.

It opened and the two men from the flying saucer stepped in.

A solider stepped in, dressed in a long coat.

Three years ago the federal government stepped in.

The FBI even stepped in to help monitor social-networking sites for mob activity in Philadelphia, The New York Times reported last year.

His one-season stay in Detroit ended after his contract expired, and, initially, no one stepped in to bring him back for 2009-10.

I stepped in a puddle and got my foot wet.

You really stepped in it this time.

I was impressed by fellow students' enthusiasm when I first stepped in this campus.

Phoebe: And on my way over here, I stepped in gum.

a tall , spare man stepped in from the corridor.

Mr Speer says he only stepped in to prevent some units from cutting too deep.

She summoned up her courage and stepped in.

The IMF stepped in, offering a US$7. 6bn emergency financing package in late 2008 that forestalled an economic meltdown.

Then the central banks stepped in.

He summoned up his courage and stepped in.

As a matter of fact, I think that the gooey thing I stepped in is actually chewing gum.

Panic only subsided when the government stepped in to backstop the industry.

The government stepped in, guaranteeing credit lines and offering loans to small businesses through the development bank, Nafinsa.

The Nature Conservancy stepped in to protect additional land, moving out the cows and bulls to make room for shore birds.

The government stepped in to find out why their champions had collapsed.

However, he died in 1966, aged 49, of cancer and Wolfgang stepped in.

The pupils were talking noisily when the teacher stepped in.

So the government stepped in to support child care.

But for the past 30 years all three glaciers of St. Andrews have been in galloping retreat, and penguins have stepped in to fill the void.

However, stepped in, but also the leadership of reuse, cousin, or went.

The Fed stepped in this time last year, as the economy slowed, in part because fears of deflation were rising.

My father stepped in when I needed him, and that gave me the chance for a better life. That's what I'm doing for my boys now.

I stepped in the mud outside the house.

In 2007 the government stepped in, invoking its right under the lease to vet sales contracts, raising the price to $4. 20.

The two boys fought until; a friend stepped in.

when she stepped in to play the leading role in a film directed by Zhang Yimou.

The man stepped in and asked for my father.

What have you stepped in to smell this way?

stepped in to take over her sister's share in the company, however,

A third party stepped in to help defuse the political crisis,

Hard-line Islamic groups have stepped in to provide aid where the government has failed to reach;

Stepped in the lobby and tapped the button next to her last name

On my way over here, I stepped in gum

Everybody jockin' me as soon as I stepped in the spot