I steadied myself in front of the microphone, took a deep breath and uttered the first words of my routine.
He stood there for a while, alone, striking a challenging pose, chest out and steady in front of the south stand.
If you steady yourself in front of a work, whether it is painting or poetry, it has a verifying effect".
Dan Montefusco, 35, from London, said: "For my parents' generation, it seemed possible to get on the housing ladder and see a steady progression in front of you: a career, a comfortable home that they could afford, a family.
Although Martin steadied himself to hold serve in front of a crowd that stirred each time Agassi was in peril, he couldn't hold it together through the end.
Eventually I steadied myself and walked directly in front of the underwear wall.
"The greatest thing about this man is he's steady," Colbert said, standing in front of the president of the United States.
With Trujillo on the right side of the defense, Jonathan Bornstein on the left and Shavar Thomas and Carey Talley in the center, Chivas USA has fielded a steady and steely defense in front of the revitalized goalkeeper Zach Thornton.
As a steady stream of tourists paused in front of the landmark theater on Sunday, a building guard reassured them that the doors would be repaired promptly.
Someone like Miss Katharine Cornell, whose bold sign in front of the Martin Beck Theatre has steadied us greatly.
