"I could step back a little bit," he said.
"But if you could step back in time, you can see how transformed the neighborhood is".
"She could step back from the US position because she understood the long-term repercussions.
Before he gets lost in the mire of negotiations, the president could step back and practically describe the task ahead.
If the red shirts can bring down the current government and force a new election, they reason, Mr. Thaksin's side could step back into power.
"The hope was that as the company got bigger and I took on more staff I could step back and have a better work-life balance.
The Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, said negotiations with Chinese officials had borne fruit, so Washington and Beijing could step back from imposing punishing tariffs on each other's exports.
While visitors were flocking around the Mona Lisa, I could step back and study her expression in greater detail on the screen.
Like she could step back on the path of her life and figure out where she had been when she diverged.
Others suggested that the chairman of Barnes & Noble, Leonard Riggio, 59, sought to sell his company so that he could step back from its day-to-day operations.
