A floor of black wooden tiles shone with polish and the passage of many feet.

And the floor was shining impeccably clean, as a result of his absent-minded efforts.

On the other hand, cherish it and nurture it and your floor will shine with pride.

The floor was slippery under his boots, and dully shining.

"Yes, that's where we saw them coming out," Dunne whispered, pointing at a tall narrow archway; the floor around it was shining and damp.

A freshly waxed floor shone back at her.

"And we scrubbed that floor until it shined again."

"When I first came here, the floors shone like glass," said Leon Johnson, 61, a retired man who arrived in 1981.

But far below, the floor shone like tarnished silver, and the gold thread sparkled undimmed.

The floor shone as if it had been freshly polished.