Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] [prep] [art] stairs " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , all done , ’ the Doctor said , and made for the bottom of the stairs . |
| 2 | ‘ I can hear him breathing , ’ said Albert again , making for the door to the stairs . |
| 3 | And then the stairs the stairs are facing you like that , so you 've only got about about a metre of in between the bottom of the stairs and your front door and you s just sort of go in through there an and you 're in the living room . |
| 4 | He was half way between the foot of the stairs and the door , when he heard voices and footsteps behind him . |
| 5 | They squatted opposite each other on the top floor , on the landing , in the bright April light , which came , slightly dimmed by dirt , through the window on the stairs . |
| 6 | A partition and hinged door closed off the head of the stairs at each end . |
| 7 | She gave him a little push and , in a daze , he followed Dorothy and one or two of the others up the stairs to the room that had been and still seemed to be Bunty 's . |
| 8 | There was a fancy grille like a wrought iron gate at the rear end of the dash under the stairs . |
| 9 | She came two-thirds of the way down the stairs and confronted the men as they stood in the hallway . |
| 10 | I listened to the sounds of the clock on the stairs , and the wood in the fire , and the footsteps and voices of the girls walking round the house . |
| 11 | ‘ Or the little 'un could get out of the hole under the stairs , ’ said Sam before he realized . |
| 12 | The episode of the divan on the stairs had occurred three days ago . |
| 13 | She tried to picture the door of the room with the stairs . |
| 14 | She got one out of the cupboard under the stairs . |
| 15 | Satisfied , he shuffled down into the back passage and opened the door of the closet under the stairs . |
| 16 | Lee was in a bedroom opposite the top of the stairs . |
| 17 | ‘ Opposite the top of the stairs , sir . |
| 18 | She turned and walked towards the foot of the stairs . |
| 19 | Another sensor high in one corner glows red as I move towards the foot of the stairs . |
| 20 | The second hit him in the right shoulder , the impact lifting him off his feet and sending him toppling towards the head of the stairs . |
| 21 | Burun turned as if to walk with Alexei towards the head of the stairs . |
| 22 | As he was speaking , he was pushing her relentlessly towards the bottom of the stairs . |
| 23 | It was the best thing to be quiet and say nothing — to push it all away into a dark place like the cupboard under the stairs so it could be forgotten like an old raincoat or last summer 's shoes . |
| 24 | She shuddered , and ran like the wind down the stairs to escape , but as she reached the hall the door flew open and Penry burst into the house , his face alight at the sight of her . |
| 25 | With this arrangement , there was a push rod on the upper deck near the head of the stairs , which the conductor could use to operate the bell . |
| 26 | Seating on the upper deck was two and two , with a single seat near the head of the stairs at each end . |
| 27 | Aware of the loose board near the top of the stairs , she clung to the wall and then slipped down to the garden in shadow , barely a shadow herself , and making as little noise , though inside her head it seemed as if her heart would waken the dead with its pumping . |
| 28 | type combined tail lamp and service number stencil carriers on the underside of the canopy against the head of the stairs , which were of the quarter turn direct type . |
| 29 | Struggling with the devil of the stairs who wears |
| 30 | He made her a cup of tea while she sorted the washing , closed up the cases and pushed them into the cupboard under the stairs . |