1.   She reached the stairs, and stumbled down them.

2.   It did her fury no good at all that Naylor was right there with her when she reached the stairs.

3.   As he reached the stairs to the podium, he stumbled.

4.   Two steps before Gore reached the stairs to the stage, Morehouse got to him.

5.   Visitors may go to the top, he said, but they have to climb a pile of sandbags to reach the stairs.

6.   When she reached the stairs, she turned back.