1.   A little kid in a Catholic school uniform still hops up and down the steps of a stoop on one foot.

2.   A new-born baby was found abandoned on the steps of a hospital yesterday.

3.   Across the street, on the steps of St Martin-in-the-Fields church, there was movement.

4.   And it is taking the unusual step of buying ownership stakes in some projects.

5.   Angry workers were gathering on the steps of City Hall.

6.   As for the Cub players they came out on the steps of their dugout and really let me have it.

7.   As he retraced his steps of the past day avoiding streets and roads, he stayed alert to the sounds around him.

8.   At five past two Franco took the unprecedented step of refusing to serve him any more wine.

9.   Baptiste was standing on the bottom step of the wooden staircase, affecting surprise at the sight of her.