Downstairs

Examples

• We kissed Charley, and took her downstairs with us, and stopped outside the house to see her run away to her work. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The next morning, as she was going downstairs, she was met by her father, who came out of his library with a letter in his hand. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I went downstairs. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Laurie dashed downstairs for water, while Meg and Hannah supported her, and Jo read aloud, in a frightened voice. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Go downstairs, little Mary, said he presently to the child, I want to speak to Mrs. Osborne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• At last she saw Gudrun coming, and she ran downstairs to warn her father and Gerald. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• As he shuffles downstairs, Mr. Snagsby, lying in wait for him, puts a half-crown in his hand. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There's a hackney-coachman downstairs with a black eye, and a tied-up head, vowing he'll have the law of you. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Our master and mistress came after we got in; and as soon as they did come we were told, downstairs, that company was expected from the country. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mr. Smallweed, if you wish to be carried downstairs-- In a moment, my dear friend, in a moment. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I dressed, went downstairs, had some coffee in the kitchen and went out to the garage. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Why did you not wait for me, sir, to escort me downstairs? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• If you could step downstairs with us, we may each be able to give some light to the other upon this miserable affair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• As they went downstairs together, Charlotte said: I shall depend on hearing from you very often, Eliza. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I am ashamed to look at you, Marian, she said, after what you submitted to downstairs, for my sake. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She went downstairs to the door and beckoned to him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Our spoilt little woman, said my guardian, shall have her own way even in her inflexibility, though at the price, I know, of tears downstairs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I locked the door, put the key in my pocket, and went downstairs. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Elizabeth obeyed, and running into her own room for her parasol, attended her noble guest downstairs. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• You must now come downstairs with me. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• And downstairs he shuffles. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Then he went downstairs, said a few words to the man who was waiting in the hall, and the two of them went off together. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I began to carry her downstairs every morning, and upstairs every night. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Miss Keeldar, doomed to be in constant request during the morning, was presently summoned downstairs again. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She, for her part, sat upstairs when she liked, and downstairs when she preferred it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He said nothing when he came downstairs, except that he would call again at five o'clock. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• His family is nothing but bills, dirt, waste, noise, tumbles downstairs, confusion, and wretchedness. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• When the dinner-bell rang she went downstairs with her arm round her friend's waist, as is the habit of young ladies. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Shall I ascertain, at once, if the girl is downstairs? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He heaved a sort of shuddering sigh, and taking me in his arms, carried me downstairs. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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