lift shaft BrE
elevator shaft AmE

The dead man began to lower himself down the lift shaft.

To one side of him was a gap in the lift shaft where the doorway used to be.

I was expecting the whole lift shaft to come down on our heads.

Of them all, only she had not been given the chance to take the knife from the lift shaft.

Instead he plummeted to the bottom of the lift shaft.

This exit leads to the back of the used lift shaft.

It continued on toward what appeared to be a lift shaft?

The entire lift shaft was suddenly filled with electrical fire.

It's going to take some doing to get her out of the lift shaft.

Then he turned right down the hall to the lift shaft.