Example sentences of "[prep] the first floor [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 She was collecting many valuable print references and sources , far too many to be used at once , and had special archive cupboards built for her which occupied a tall , cavernous room off the first floor landing at the château where she often worked .
2 She pushed the papers back into the large Crockford and looked round the room , realising there ought to be a servants ' stair to the first floor continuing the one running from the ground floor to the basement .
3 But Jitka , Katya and Clara O'Neil , aged seven , four and two respectively , were taking every advantage of their father Denis , referred to by them as Pops , because their mother Hana was in the big bedroom on the first floor awaiting the arrival of her fourth child at any minute .
4 Someone called Prue , who until today had remained hidden in the wardrobe-room on the first floor pedalling her sewing machine , had a chair allocated for her use in the prompt corner and a space reserved for cotton reels and safety pins on the props table in the wings .
5 The shop itself is a little under one thousand square feet , which includes a small flat on the first floor overlooking the park . ’
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