11.   By the time he reached the bottom of the ladder, he was almost laughing out loud with happiness.

12.   Plectra I break as I reach the bottom of the spiral staircase on my way back to my little garret.

13.   As she reached the bottom step a slight fair-haired man, head down and hurrying, almost cannoned into her.

14.   It took the three of them over an hour to reach the bottom of the slope, where they came to a halt.

15.   Analysts who cover the semiconductor industry have for months been casting about for some sign that the beleaguered sector had reached a bottom.

16.   Analysts say that office rents may be reaching the bottom.

17.   At the time, Russia appeared to have reached the bottom of its economic fall.

18.   ATF agent Mark Logan said workers were close to reaching the bottom of the southern half of the building where investigators found the bodies of the four men.

19.   Before his group reached the bottom, the building collapsed, trapping them for hours.

20.   After suffering through its worst year on record last year, the semiconductor industry appears to have reached the bottom of its decline.