Before he got three steps, he saw a white woman coming over the hill.
He got only two steps before being hauled up short.
She'd not get two steps down the passage before they were upon her.
Each time we did not get more than three steps from the railing before he was retching.
The biggest of the boys, who by earth standards would have been about ten, got three steps before he stopped and began laughing.
He got two steps toward the aisle, still holding onto Duke's tie, then stopped.
But she hadn't gotten more than a few steps when he took her hand, pulling her back.
He wears it at work and tries to think up ways to get more steps.
He only got two short steps before reaching the edge of the clear space untouched by moss.
But before they got more than a few steps, they found themselves at a thick hedge.