Example sentences of "the [noun] from top to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cut halfway through the stem from top to bottom , then rinse well with cold , running water until no grit remains . |
| 2 | This group covers personal items used to protect the wearer from top to toe against specific hazards . |
| 3 | She wrapped the gown close around her body and wandered back into the living-room , moving around aimlessly , pausing in front of the enormous bookcase that virtually filled one large section of the room from top to bottom . |
| 4 | By dressing both the bride and the cake from top to bottom in virginal white , they created a wholly unintentional but blissful metaphor . |
| 5 | Turn the sides of the lining back and lockstitch ( page 33 ) lining to the wrong side of the curtain from top to bottom on all seams , and along the middle of each width ( fig. 28 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ Searchin' the place from top to bottom in the ‘ ope that there might ‘ ave been some grub to be found , but I could n't even find any communion wine . ’ |
| 7 | We were allowed out of Croatia without any trouble but the Slovenians searched the lorry from top to bottom for weapons before allowing us through . |
| 8 | ‘ Why did I have to fall for a suicidal maniac ? ’ she asked herself , and cleaned the flat from top to bottom to take her mind off the image of Jack dangling on the end of a rope above a muddy slit somewhere in subterranean Yorkshire ! |
| 9 | She was soon back with a trolley and all the necessary requisites , and between them they washed the woman from top to toe , and dressed her in a white hospital gown . |
| 10 | Draw a line down the middle from top to bottom . |
| 11 | She was wearing a loose purple housecoat zipped at the front from top to bottom . |
| 12 | In front of each was a Chinese bowl and in the middle of the table from top to bottom were some dozen bottles of Black Label Johnnie Walker whiskey . |
| 13 | First she was terrified there was a burglar , then when she 'd searched the house from top to bottom she got mad and shoved me back to bed . |
| 14 | The police turned up at his home after midnight on the night Joanna went missing and searched the house from top to bottom , even taking away his clothes for tests . |
| 15 | Sometimes , of course , it can work the other way round ; I recall a woman , going through a difficult time with her husband , returning after a few days ' holiday to find that he had swept and cleaned the house from top to bottom . |
| 16 | It took about six weeks for the fever to go and then we got sulphur candles to fumigate the house from top to bottom . |
| 17 | Someone had carefully searched the house from top to bottom but nothing was missing . |
| 18 | ( 3 ) Finally , there is a " full survey " , which literally involves the surveyor in scouring the house from top to bottom to include lifting floorboards and examining the timbers in the attic . |
| 19 | Oh she said we 've cleaned the house from top to bottom . |
| 20 | He searched the house from top to bottom . |