Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [art] stairs " in BNC.
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| 1 | She swam in what she hoped was the direction of the stairs , only to come up against a wall . |
| 2 | They watched the dark-clad figures manoeuvre the stretcher up the stairs and heard the cries through the open door of the flat . |
| 3 | Tom escorted the gipsy up the stairs to the bedroom , his face registering disapproval . |
| 4 | I 'd like you to take a sponge and I 'd like you to clean the paintwork on the stairs . |
| 5 | He went back into the flat , grabbed his coat , told an astonished Frau Nordern that he was going out for a moment and , without waiting for any protests , dashed out and joined Bodo at the foot of the stairs . |
| 6 | He groped his way through the shadows at the foot of the stairs , located the large brass handle and turned it with both hands . |
| 7 | Already at the foot of the stairs she whirled round , her eyes flashing in the musty gloom . |
| 8 | When I arrived ten minutes before her at one stop ( advance means a few minutes ahead as well as two months ) I found that two ladies in wheelchairs had positioned themselves at the foot of the stairs and were pleading with everyone to let them stay and shake hands with Mrs Thatcher . |
| 9 | He stopped at the foot of the stairs and stared at her . |
| 10 | Out in the dark cold hall she stopped him at the foot of the stairs . |
| 11 | He paused as he always did at the foot of the stairs , his left hand holding the lamp , his right hand resting on the banisters . |
| 12 | At the foot of the stairs , Father Poole paused and transferred his stick from his right hand to his left . |
| 13 | She turned and walked towards the foot of the stairs . |
| 14 | At the foot of the stairs , a couple of officers of the Grand Army , whose epaulettes proclaimed them members of Davout 's staff , were talking to an ashen-faced Moreau . |
| 15 | The idea was to be in Karen 's bed , in Karen 's arms and , ideally , in Karen , by the time Dennis paused to call ‘ Goodbye , darling ’ from the foot of the stairs . |
| 16 | I needed to call up the heroic days when Dennis was still around , and we were young and carefree , bonking our brains out while he shouted banalities from the foot of the stairs . |
| 17 | Blood gushed from a wound on her temple , running down into her eyes , but she saw Nahum Morey 's fatal collapse just before she crumpled into unconsciousness at the foot of the stairs . |
| 18 | Folding her coat over the ornate wooden newel post at the foot of the stairs , she went through to the kitchen and the last task of the day , setting out the Copleys ' early-morning tray . |
| 19 | Upon our arrival at the foot of the stairs the dog made it plain that stairs were an innovation he 'd not encountered before , by staging the first of many sit-down strikes . |
| 20 | ‘ You 'll find an oilskin jacket in the locker at the foot of the stairs , ’ I said , ‘ and you 'll also discover that Ellen has left a Thermos of coffee on the stove , and I like mine without sugar but with milk . |
| 21 | My first thought was that this was Dad lying at the foot of the stairs having killed himself . |
| 22 | It broke my fall but the strain of this was too much ; it ripped out of the wall and landed on top of me at the foot of the stairs . |
| 23 | We followed her to the foot of the stairs and she bawled up it , ‘ Otto ? |
| 24 | He waited until Dickie had reached the foot of the stairs and then said in a very loud voice , ‘ Who is that fellow ? |
| 25 | At the foot of the stairs Claire paused and looked up . |
| 26 | He lowered me into a chair at the foot of the stairs and stood above me critically . |
| 27 | ‘ Constance , ’ she cried from the foot of the stairs . |
| 28 | The new tunnel opened on the left a few yards from the foot of the stairs . |
| 29 | She had just reached the foot of the stairs when she saw Ben entering the yard ; and when she stepped from the doorway he called towards her , ‘ Been on a tour of inspection , then ? ’ |
| 30 | Richard Molland was clinging to the newel post at the foot of the stairs . |