Sentence examples for taught the ropes from inspiring English sources

Whereas Mr Jameson was taught the ropes at Reuters, today's apprentices pay their own way.

At a well-worn office space on West 30th Street, aspirants gather seven days a week, three hours or more a session, to be taught the ropes of improvisation and sketch composition.

Wall climbing and ropes courses are part of adventure education, which emerged in the 1970's as an outgrowth of the Outward Bound movement, said Ken Demas, a retired physical education teacher who taught the ropes course at Hommocks Middle School.

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Mr. Madigan said he liked to hire older people, to teach the ropes to college and high school seniors.

As The Dream is Alive opens, we're a few years down the line, in 1984, and Robert Crippen, who we last saw as John Young's co-pilot, is commanding shuttle missions of his own, teaching the ropes to newcomers Jon McBride and Dick Scobee.

Rope work is one of the most efficient ways to simultaneously boost your metabolism and tone muscle, which is precisely why we tapped one of its masters, group fitness instructor Gerren Liles, who teaches the rope-centric Whipped! class, to show you the ropes.

Named acting deputy attorney general, Mueller made certain his Public Integrity associates remained secure, taught the new deputy the ropes and now has Ashcroft's backing for the F.B.I. job.

She taught me the ropes, from theme development to quality fill to apt cluing.

Mum did the Daily Mail and Dad the Daily Telegraph - they taught me the ropes.

But he taught me the ropes right away, went out of his way to befriend me, and we've been good friends ever since".