half-landing

The knife found his throat on the dark half-landing leading down to the narrow hall.

A Wicked Gentleman Jane Feather 2007

We hung a sheet over the window of the half-landing in my halls of residence, set the projector up on the landing above, and routed the sound through the massive speakers belonging to the staircase's hi-fi buff.

Well, it works for me Stephen Gallagher 2007

The knife found his throat on the dark half-landing leading down to the narrow hall.

A Wicked Gentleman Jane Feather 2007

On that half-landing was a bust of Lionel Charwell, K.C., by

The White Monkey 2004

The half-landing also bore arms: family heirloom rapiers and cutlasses inside a display cabinet, about which Sir Lachlan would joke: 'In case of emergency, break glass.'

Be My Enemy Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2004

The reception desk was to the left as you came in, but the hall was dominated by the staircase dead ahead, sweeping widely up to a half-landing, from which it split in two and ascended to the first floor.

Be My Enemy Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2004

At a half-landing a hollow-faced woman in a Sherpa coat and gloves is fumbling in her handbag.

Absolute Friends Le Carre, John, 1931- 2003

He left his hat and coat on a marble table and began the ascent to the drawing-room floor, pausing on the half-landing to recuperate.

The Complete Stories Waugh, Evelyn 1998

The plumb cord must not contact the front edge of the half-landing.

Chapter 3 Rolf Becher 1993

Support the straightedge by a batten to be held perpendicularly and move the straightedge towards the half-landing.

Chapter 3 Rolf Becher 1993