Example sentences of "from head to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jay stood frozen from head to toe and watched the car accelerate down the road . |
| 2 | They took him away on a cart , soaked with blood from head to foot . ’ |
| 3 | We were there last weekend , they 'd say , and the elements were against us , but we were snug from head to toe in our rubber suits . |
| 4 | They certainly must have thought Malcolm was fishy , dressed as he was in black leather from head to toe . |
| 5 | The visitors were covered from head to foot in over-ripe whale bits . |
| 6 | The likes of Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista were clad from head to toe in leather , rubber , latex and PVC . |
| 7 | At this moment two people grabbed me to try to make me get up but I could not get up , so they kicked me and stamped all over me from head to toe . |
| 8 | A friend of mine who took part in such a march in Greenwich , Connecticut , headquarters of the Pittston Group , said that first came the airline pilots in their dark blue uniforms and gold braided hats ; then the telephone workers all dressed in red shirts ; and then the miners covered from head to toe in camouflage . |
| 9 | When I meet Morrissey , at the Hyde park Hotel , he 's dressed from head to foot in black . |
| 10 | I was clothed in black from head to toe six weeks after my eighteenth birthday . |
| 11 | He blinked again and shivered from head to toe . |
| 12 | She examined Frankie from head to toe with prying eyes and searching , penetrating fingers ; and she found him lacking . |
| 13 | First he scrubbed the boy from head to toe , using a piece of towelling and a bar of carbolic soap . |
| 14 | Her gaze swept over her mother-in-law from head to toe and back again , and her expression was one of open contempt . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He was presented to the Headmaster in his sleeveless jacket , ragged trousers and covered from head to foot in dirt . |
| 17 | Such Cleanliness from Head to Heel : |
| 18 | With my first dram halfway to my lips , the door burst open and in Sykes marched , snow-white from head to toe . |
| 19 | And when it has been well washed and made clean , ye shall dry it well , and anoint it with this myrrh and balsam , from these golden caskets , from head to foot , so that every part shall be anointed , till none be left . |
| 20 | Then proceed to sweep over the entire body from head to toes . |
| 21 | Natural movement which is also a pleasure rather than a chore is infinitely superior to indoor exercises with weights , or exercise that is so taxing that one aches from head to toe afterwards . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ Are ye leaving so soon , Master English Clerk ? ’ she asked suggestively , her eyes boldly studying Corbett from head to toe . |
| 24 | ‘ The King 's legs were broken , there were injuries from head to toe . |
| 25 | Perfectly groomed from head to toe and with all that assurance , she was ready to take on the world , Arlene thought with satisfaction , for she looked on Paula as her very own creation . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | From head to toe they are : |
| 28 | Measuring over 200 feet from head to toe it stands proudly on the south of Windover Hill , a few miles inland from Eastbourne . |
| 29 | All Friday night the streets would be packed with people dressed from head to toe in blue . |
| 30 | A fascinating warren of steep narrow alleyways , of Hat-roofed tenement housing , it was visible from the French quarter , visible almost throughout the city : that teeming place , filled with barefoot children , with women shrouded from head to foot in black , who clasped their head-dresses across their faces and between their teeth , and never raised their eyes . |