She heard the stairs creak as he went down them.
But in no more than a minute or two the stairs creak and Tony comes swiftly back.
The stairs creaked under her weight, and she remembered why she'd stopped coming up to this level.
The stairs creaked as someone made his way down, slowly and carefully.
You probably heard how those stairs creak when Mother came down.
Then the stairs creaked, and pretty soon the front door shut.
I heard the stairs creak and knew from the tread that it was my mother.
The stairs creaked and her husband came half-way down them.
The stairs creak as we climb on our way to bed.
The stairs creak less by the wall, so I went up them quietly and carefully, one foot in front of the other.