A fall from the third floor hurts as much as a fall from the hundredth. If I have to fall, may it be from a high place.    From LearnThat.org.  [Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist.]

The fire spared the forest floor.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The whole floor complained about the lack of heat.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The government established a wage floor.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The chairman granted him the floor.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

There was a motion from the floor.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

He is a floor trader.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

On the main floor is a narrow foyer, a pretty living area, and a small kitchen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-11-01] Reference

St. Petersburg, every seat on the main floor is hereditary, it cannot be bought or sold.    From Wordnik.com.  [Katrinka: The Story of a Russian Child] Reference

The spirit room on the main floor is just ridiculous, unless you like triangles and darkness.    From Wordnik.com.  [» Toronto’s new-old is the new beautiful • Spacing Toronto • understanding the urban landscape] Reference

THE PRESIDENT: Now, gentlemen, the floor is yours.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Land Speed Record] Reference

Oh, the floor is there, it's just not Boston Garden.    From Wordnik.com.  [What's Next... Sponsoring Rivers and Runs?] Reference

Dropping your hard work on the floor is always a tragedy.    From Wordnik.com.  [strawberry mirror cake] Reference

Then, on the large cylinder object on the floor is a plug.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference

The image of someone sobbing on the floor is a powerful one.    From Wordnik.com.  [[Fiction] Friday #132 « Write Anything] Reference

Squatting and peeing on the floor is a daily part of my life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-10-11] Reference

Gawd, re-watching the repugs talk on the floor is a nasty process.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » House approves health care reform by vote of 219-212.] Reference

E tells AG the floor is a mess and she should have not left it as is.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Moment of AG Comedy. «] Reference

If you want to offer another reason that temps have increased, the floor is yours.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Fred Hiatt Won’t Correct Dishonest Climate Change Columns, Will Lecture Congress on How to Handle Climate Change] Reference

The vote currently on the floor is a “Point of Order on Earmarks to Legislation”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Fox ‘News’ cheerleads for Tea Party protesters.] Reference

Behind another eagle in the centre of the floor is a deep hole, to receive offerings to the earth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malinalco, Mexico - A Font Of Mexico's History] Reference

The wood floor is the most popular flooring in America.    From Wordnik.com.  [Norman Darden: The Trick Photography of the Bleach White Flooring Fad] Reference

We have a rock song and the floor is going to be black.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dancing's Maks: We Want to Stay on Top] Reference

The wooden bedroom floor is hard and smells cold in winter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pectoralis Minor] Reference

The rest were huddled on the cabin floor among the cushions.    From Wordnik.com.  [The "King Of The Greeks"] Reference

Only the computer room, on the fifth floor, is air-conditioned.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Barefoot Bank With Cheek] Reference

From the crest of the combing to the cabin floor was seven feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

About half of its ground floor is given over to Jura's only pub.    From Wordnik.com.  [Literary Pilgrimages: George Orwell] Reference

Away from the call floor, we referred to those 'special' callers as.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

I called a floor the sailors called a 'deck'; a kitchen they called a.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner] Reference

Bill gave over the southeastern half of the main floor to those rooms.    From Wordnik.com.  [House] Reference

The floor is wet from the toilet being uplifted and tossed into the bathtub.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hopefulness] Reference

On the main floor was a full-size model of the car, hidden under a blue tarp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Electro-Shock Therapy] Reference

The living room floor is slate, purchased from Serra Stone masonry in Bethesda.    From Wordnik.com.  [A riverfront retreat, built with the long view] Reference

The rubberized floor is unscuffed by skates, the walls unmarked by stick blades.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Empty Arena] Reference

The Rs 90 level will be a short-term floor below which the bears may get bolder.    From Wordnik.com.  [ Analysis] Reference

Inside the barracks the walls are freshly painted and the concrete floor is clean.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Strawberry Fields] Reference

Or maybe this floor is just bad news for him rhythm-wise, no matter what he's doing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Margaret Cho is out on 'Dancing with the Stars' while Michael Bolton comes back to sing] Reference

He sat down under the trap door of the main-cabin floor and thought for a solid hour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 13] Reference

If the company's request is granted, the near-term floor should be right here at ten.    From Wordnik.com.  [US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha] Reference

Away from the call floor, we referred to those 'special' callers as "Star-bellied Sneetches.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Matt Osborne: Cadillac Plans, Mandates, and the Proletariat] Reference

The Park Hyatt dining room on the 93rd floor is quite something: You can see the entire city.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bling Dynasty] Reference

He braced his legs and feet, pressing the cabin floor with his toes in a clutching sort of way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 15] Reference

The cabin floor had been torn up to get at the ballast, and rusty bilge-water swashed and splashed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 15] Reference