Sentence examples for just a step behind from inspiring English sources

"We had trouble defensively; on the fast breaks we were just a step behind.

Kenya's unheralded Peter Kamais, just a step behind Gebrselassie, passed him on his way to an uncontested victory in 59 minutes 53 seconds.

The two companies together sold 26.5 million phones last year, just a step behind Verizon's 28.8 million and AT&T's 26.9 million.

But I was boundlessly sanguine that the perfect bachelor was just a step behind me; that kept me in the game.

He has also twice slowed down near the finish line so that Jonny could complete a race just a step behind him.

The umpires emerge, Sri Lanka go into a huddle and Alastair Cook strides out, with Sam Robson just a step behind.

Did the Ducks feel a step behind?

"We just seemed a step behind in getting the rebound," said the Islanders' Dave Scatchard, whose team had 33 shots on goal to the Flames' 34.

His colleague and friend Satar was just a few steps behind, but close enough to take far more of the force of the blast.

"I had a little struggle the first two periods — I just seemed maybe a step behind or something," said Stepan, who led the Rangers with 44 points in the regular season but had none in the first two games.

(Just a step or two behind …) I've more than once seen the writer Chetan Bhagat (of whose work I've never read a word) described as India's Charles Dickens.