Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] the [noun sg] ladder " in BNC.
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| 1 | A couple more members of the gang came scrambling down the companionway ladder . |
| 2 | We taxied in close to the runway and were all pushed down the exit ladder to make a sprint for the terminal building ; no automatic concertinaed walkways here . |
| 3 | If we wish to progress up the football ladder , I can only see us doing so by winning promotion . |
| 4 | TGI Friday 's provides opportunities for people to progress up the career ladder and it is the individual characteristics , such as personality and drive , that could enable them to move from , for example , bartender to general manager over a period of time . |
| 5 | Grant climbs up the aluminium ladder into the crow 's nest and surveys the horizon with binoculars . |
| 6 | Then I skipped down the entry ladder with indescribable relief . |
| 7 | He stretched stiffly , climbed out and clambered down the steel ladder to the hangar floor . |
| 8 | Some of the chateau guards were on the curtain walls , forcing back the scaling ladders placed there . |
| 9 | Eight years after setting a world mile record which still remains unchallenged today , the 32-year-old has abandoned his glittering international miling career to make his eagerly-awaited move up the distance ladder . |
| 10 | When they was all out at work on Monday , I could stand it no longer , I pulled down the loft ladder and dragged meself up it , plaster and all . |
| 11 | The Saxon peasant worked from dawn until dusk and as one went down the class ladder life was harder . |
| 12 | After slipping down the exit ladder , the aircrew showed a mixture of feelings . |
| 13 | He went up the companionway ladder to the bridge two rungs at a time . |
| 14 | Setting it on the saloon table , and inhaling the delicious combination of smells , Polly went up the companionway ladder to call Nathan . |
| 15 | Mark 's promotions and progress up the company ladder . |
| 16 | Polly looked up the companionway ladder . |
| 17 | Yet the rise has continued up the league ladder , even with the sale of playing assets . |
| 18 | Despite the fact that most applicants are anxious to secure a job or move up the career ladder , the process is really two-way . |
| 19 | The big renewal in interest in this sector of the market will have a knock-on effect , freeing people to move up the property ladder . |
| 20 | Stamp duty suspension for properties up to £250,000 has certainly encouraged householders wanting to move up the housing ladder to start looking again . |
| 21 | Other old shipmates like Phil Andrews , Eddie Clarke and Ron Giles were still crewing but others like Des Ferret , Vic Roberts and Bob Wellock were disappearing up the promotion ladder . |