Example sentences of "stairs and [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jenna hastily looked away and followed Marguerite up the curved stairs and on to a long landing . |
| 2 | The two men were at the top of the stairs and almost within grabbing distance , but if either had tried it he would have left his fingers in the frame as the bang echoed through the house and Carson thumbed the deadlock button , just in case they had any ideas about picking their way in . |
| 3 | Mindful of what John had said , she stopped to rest — once in the hall , twice on the stairs and once on the landing . |
| 4 | I said nothing , but turned away and walked as quickly as I could towards the stairs and down to the student canteen in the basement . |
| 5 | Even in the Regal Arms they were liable to think it unusual if anybody carried a body or a badly wounded man down the stairs and out through the front door . |
| 6 | Five minutes later , without giving herself time to think , be disappointed that she probably would n't see him again after today , she ran lightly down the stairs and out through the front door . |
| 7 | He hunched his shoulders and stamped his way defiantly down the rest of the stairs and out into the cobbled street . |
| 8 | As Nancy said these words , she left the room and ran down the stairs and out into the street once more . |
| 9 | Before a bemused Cranston could reply , Athelstan had slipped out of the room , walking gingerly across the noisy Nightingale Gallery , down the stairs and out into Cheapside . |
| 10 | The clerk , however , had slipped quickly down the stairs and out into the courtyard where Ranulf and Maltote were waiting . |
| 11 | With her mind reeling , Merrill walked ahead of him down the stairs and out into the windy street . |
| 12 | But , turning obediently , she led the way down the stairs and out into the bright heat of the day . |
| 13 | I let myself into our corridor , soundlessly , and crept down the back stairs and out of the back door without hearing or seeing any member of the Home staff . |
| 14 | I went down the stairs and out to the terrace . |
| 15 | As our metabolic rate slows down , it is easier to put on weight and harder to lose it and those first painful steps of the morning crawl down the stairs and out for a run seem to take longer . |
| 16 | ‘ They 'll come down the servants ’ stairs and out at the back door . |
| 17 | Maggie grabs her bag from the wire cage under her seat , throws on her coat and is down the stairs and out in the street before any of the others . |
| 18 | She stood on the landing , watching him as he went down the stairs and out by the side door . |