Sentence examples for building a second floor from inspiring English sources

One of her sons, Ms. Garson said, bought a small bungalow in 2004 for about $250,000 and raised it up, adding in a basement, then building a second floor on top a few years later.

"I'm building a second floor for my daughter," said one 60-year-old who lives in a hutong just off bustling Ghost Street, which is filled with late-night restaurants lighted by red lanterns.

Instead of building a second floor, said Ananth Madhavan, managing director of ITG, which operates a computerized trading system that competes with the Big Board, the stock exchange should follow the lead of foreign competitors and move trading to an electronic network that would be essentially impervious to physical attack.

It was initially a three storied building; a fourth floor was added in the 18th century by strengthening the building with a total of 100 columns.

Under Reitz's presidency the new meeting hall for the Volksraad, the so-called Vierde Raadszaal (Fourth Council Hall) was opened (1893), and the new Government Building received a second floor (1895).

Over the objections of the News-Miner newsroom, Snedden decided to expand the Aurora Building by adding a second floor at a cost of $2 million.

He left the office and was subsequently seen in other parts of the building before entering a second floor mechanical engineering class of about sixty students at about 5 10 p.m.

Sophie arrives while they argue and is lured upstairs; the Doctor and Craig follow, learning from Amy that Craig's building has never had a second floor.

Fact is, that most buildings have a thirteenth floor.

The Ground-Floor Duplex In many new Brooklyn buildings, a first-floor duplex is almost standard, with either a first-floor or a below-grade level leading to a yard.

Patty Moccia of Maxx Management, which manages the building, had a fifth-floor apartment for $1,050 a month.