1 My grandmother used to work below stairs as a housemaid when she was young.

2 Mrs Gracie, left below stairs, set her lips.

3 To clean all the rooms below stairs.

4 The air of excitement was as great below stairs as it was above.

5 He stirred as below stairs the maid tinkled a bell,[] the sign for dinner.

6 They heard a clatter below stairs.

7 Their affairs were being discussed below stairs , ie by the servants.

8 Below stairs, he halted in the lobby to look for a barber shop.

9 Delgard had assured him that St Joseph's no longer kept its dead below stairs.

10 It is a great pity that such a beautiful girl should lead a life below stairs.