Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] to the [adj] floor " in BNC.
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| 1 | His snowdrops were already wilting like wax candles in the warmth of his hand , and as he copied the mourners ahead of him and stood up , one flower slipped between his fingers on to the rust-coloured floor . |
| 2 | I have again the impression of a girl , another girl , sitting still and silent in a crowded room at Oxford while everyone else 's meaningless chatter bumped around the walls or dropped like limp catkins on to the wood-block floor . |
| 3 | Mary smiled as she negotiated the three awkward steps down to the sunken floor of the huge kitchen . |
| 4 | He went along the other gallery up to the second floor and his own room . ’ |
| 5 | There were brambles up to the first floor . ’ |
| 6 | The result of this scholarly study often produced tall houses such as this , with a semi-basement to rise above the damp and a stairway up to the main floor to add importance . |
| 7 | It juddered again , twisted … and fell from the wall on to the tiled floor ; severed clean at the ankle as if with a butcher 's knife . |
| 8 | They walked through the palatial foyer , then took the chairman 's lift up to the top floor . |
| 9 | He seemed edgy and ill at ease and as they took the lift up to the fourth floor and stepped out into the corridor his eyes darted from side to side as if he was terrified at what he might be about to see . |
| 10 | She took the lift up to the sixth floor and came to the room one O nine , which was her room , as she entered she noticed cobwebs and dampness on the walls , she flung her bed , bags on the bed and went downstairs to supper , after her supper she went to report , she went to the reception desk to report the cobwebs and dampness , she rang the bell a few times but no one answered , she was just about to go back to her room when she heard Mr Sandy the receptionist in the back room talking to her assistant , I put the body in Miss Hall 's wardrobe , Jane ran upstairs and sure enough there was a body , Jane rang the police then straight away , please could you come to the Riverside Hotel , there 's something I think you should see , there was a knock at the door and Mr Sandy answered it , hello , oh hello we 've just had phone call from here , are you sure this is the right hotel ? |
| 11 | but er they were a bit of a nuisance because more than once , I must admit I erm , I collided with them which rather made me aware of their presence but anyway erm , then just beyond I am sorry , on the erm right hand side , a little way down this corridor , were the stairs up to the next floor which was in those days Public Health |
| 12 | An interesting feature of the mill at Lower Glenastle is an earth ramp up to the first floor . |
| 13 | It was the last block in the street and the side wall was supported by a network of wooden scaffolding that stretched all the way up to the fifth floor . |
| 14 | Tammuz led the way up to the second floor , where he 'd spread himself out through two labs , an office and a washroom . |
| 15 | There is no way up to the upper floor . |
| 16 | The only way up to the first floor from inside the works was via a ladder , which had started life as one of The Salisbury Volunteer Fire Brigade escapes , probably acquired by Mr. Farr during his service as a fireman in the early years of the century . |
| 17 | He puffed his way up to the first floor and , finding the outer door open , knocked on the inner one . |
| 18 | He made his way up to the top floor , found Maidstone 's apartment and knocked on the door . |
| 19 | The stairs were still sound and both boys made their way up to the top floor . |
| 20 | They landed on the roof of the Club Eleusis building and took the elevator down to the third floor . |