Example sentences of "be [verb] from head [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What else can it be when you 're covered from head to toe in foul little pustules ? ’ |
| 2 | But most of them would have a neck that was quite high ; modesty was getting to be a really important factor , so we 're covered from head to toe . |
| 3 | So is a very brave Jane Hollis who really should be covered from head to foot to cope ; with even Lossiemouth 's best day ! |
| 4 | The nun who admitted them appeared to be covered from head to foot apart from her eyes , nose , and mouth , for after she had bolted the gate behind them she tucked her bare hands into her sleeves , then led the way up a gravel path , on either side of which a lawn extended as far as a further high , stone wall , its top also embedded with glass . |
| 5 | The likes of Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista were clad from head to toe in leather , rubber , latex and PVC . |
| 6 | I could see you were prickling from head to foot with some kind of emotion towards me . |
| 7 | TWO lorry drivers were stung from head to foot by thousands of angry bees yesterday . |
| 8 | Both wore silver chaplets and were clothed from head to toe in robes of gold . |
| 9 | Like the captured enemy patrol , Grant and Larsen were dressed from head to foot in dark clothing , only in their case it was less military in style . |
| 10 | The visitors were covered from head to foot in over-ripe whale bits . |
| 11 | He said on the Brian Hayes Show : ‘ It 's an absolutely appalling place … they are covered from head to foot in freckles and have red hair . ’ |
| 12 | When I meet Morrissey , at the Hyde park Hotel , he 's dressed from head to foot in black . |
| 13 | At a beautiful moon bridge , he passed a naked living woman who seemed to have been burned from head to toe and was red all over . |
| 14 | You may have heard the horrific tale of the small boy who was painted from head to toe with a metallic-based substance for a carnival and who consequently died of respiratory failure . |
| 15 | She was painted from head to foot in red . |
| 16 | Laura was trembling from head to toe . |
| 17 | By the time they finally arrived in the deserted car park behind the arcade she was trembling from head to foot , racked by every emotion from fear to rage . |
| 18 | She was trembling from head to foot . |
| 19 | The minute his attention was removed to the next , Kennedy was appraised from head to foot . |
| 20 | She was wrapped from head to foot in an old-fashioned opera cloak , of blue velvet . |
| 21 | He walked me to the door with the kids in tow and said that we could all have a look inside , the kids as well , but even though I was shaking from head to toe , I said eventually , after we walked past the place at least four times , if I was going to do this I might as well do it on my own . |
| 22 | Robyn let out a deep sigh and realised that she was shaking from head to foot . |
| 23 | She was shaking from head to toe , her heart thumping wildly . |
| 24 | He was dressed from head to foot in white . |
| 25 | When I first saw him I could n't believe my eyes — he was dressed from head to toe in khaki . |
| 26 | I could n't tell much about him as he was covered from head to toe in red crash helmet with black visor , red riding leathers and red boots . |
| 27 | He could have been much more seriously hurt , but he was burned from head to foot anyway . ’ |