Example sentences of "[adv] up the [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nara was perched safely halfway up the notched-pole ladder to the upper roof . |
| 2 | Don Peters had failed in his UK assignment and had effectively blown his chances of being moved further up the corporate ladder to a Vice Presidency and , maybe , to the Presidency itself . |
| 3 | A few hours later the carrack was proceeding slowly up the narrow entrance to the Tagus between St Julian 's Fort and the sandbanks where the long Atlantic swell was making a dazzling white line of roaring surf . |
| 4 | Isabel looked back up the slight incline to the castle . |
| 5 | Ben was standing several paces from his father , looking back up the grassy slope to where they had set up arc lamps all around the cottage . |
| 6 | He led Anna back up the gaunt staircase to the dining-room Mr Mulgrove had shown her when she came for interview . |
| 7 | He called to her when she was half-way up the open stairway to the bedroom she had shared with Francis ; Francis 's bedroom . |
| 8 | They galloped down the rest of the long gentle ride to the river , across a wooden bridge , and then up the grassy slopes to the terraces below the house . |