Example sentences of "the [noun sg] on [art] stairs " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like you to take a sponge and I 'd like you to clean the paintwork on the stairs . |
| 2 | We were taken in by the lies which the Lebanese told about themselves ; we had to believe we had not seen the blood on the stairs . |
| 3 | I did n't see any more because there 's no light in my passage and the light on the stairs was out . |
| 4 | Catherine said the music sounded sweeter from high up , and so she went to sit in the dark on the stairs . |
| 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 | For a long time , she was afraid to pass the portrait on the stairs of the one he called the Hanging Judge . |
| 7 | The untransformed house had contained treasures as well as horrors , including the portrait on the stairs , and the restored chandelier which now hung , glittering and refracting , from the centre of the ornate ceiling , above the heads of Charles and Alix , who sat disposed , glass in hand , at either end of one of the long settees , and above Esther , who stood by the fireplace reading the Headleand invitations to parties and lectures and public meetings . |
| 8 | So then Pete had told him , truthfully , word-for-word and without any embellishment ; about the shotgun , and the pigeons , and the misunderstanding on the stairs . |
| 9 | I knew she was just as scared as I was when we heard the cat on the stairs . |
| 10 | The episode of the divan on the stairs had occurred three days ago . |
| 11 | I remembered the last time I had seen him , on the half-landing on the stairs , and how we looked at one another — as if he had sensed it would be our last encounter — and had shaken hands and said goodbye . |
| 12 | Looking at herself in the looking-glass on the stairs she saw how small and pink her eyes looked , their lids still puffy and her skin was tired and lifeless . |
| 13 | The glass in the windows was shaking even before the dust on the stairs had begun to settle . |
| 14 | It is so easy to do , but if you leave a tin of polish and the duster on the stairs say , while you go up and then have to dash down to answer the front door bell , you can easily slip on them . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I can hear the sound of the wood burning in the fire and the clock on the stairs . |
| 17 | The carpet on the stairs is thick and deep and I make no noise as I climb to the top , then pad along towards the master bedroom , tripping one more sensor . |