Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] [art] flight " in BNC.

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1 Cut the crap — he 's doing a handrail down a flight of steps , that 's all .
2 She died three years ago in a tragic fall down a flight of stairs .
3 Jim still carries the scars of his Carry Ons — he fell off the camel he was supposed to be riding and his left arm was badly broken during the making of Doctor , when he had to ride a hospital trolley down a flight of stairs , through a plate-glass window and on to a table .
4 Stephen and Christina led the PM and his wife down a flight of white marble steps and across the piazza to the marquee on the lawn .
5 What I 'm looking for is a locked , unmarked door on the fourth floor up a flight of stairs .
6 We followed him in silence up a flight of stairs to a corridor too dark for eyes to pick out its furthest point .
7 She led the way up a flight of stairs , shouting a greeting as they passed the entrance to the ball-scryer 's receiving room on the ground floor .
8 PAUL BEDWORTH is small and slightly built but he was strong enough to push his mother down a flight of attic stairs when she tried to stop him using his computer .
9 It had three big windows with iron doors and white walls and you used to go into the house up a flight of steps because there were shops underneath .
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