Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] ladder " in BNC.

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1 He darts up ladders , down tunnels , holes up in hiding places cunningly constructed underneath a coal bunker or inside a gigantic heap of shoes .
2 Dashing up ladders or terrorising rabbits , he 's just happy , and much loved .
3 cos we did go up ladders
4 The torchlit streets , as he passed through them , were not given up as usual to the cats and the late-night lovers or revellers but were occupied by knots of busy , muttering men , putting up ladders and hoardings , clearing mud , hanging carpets for tomorrow 's Festival which was for St Nicholas and himself , not for the burghers of Bruges .
5 Soil was scraped away and carried up ladders in bags , weighing 30–60 kilos , to be dumped at the edge of the crater .
6 This is a job for your local builder if you 're not happy working up ladders .
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