Example sentences of "a [noun] from start to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hello there … derby between Oxford and Swindon … it was a thriller from start to finish … with eight goals … five to United … three to Town |
| 2 | If he 'd had the money to choose a more experienced barrister , if the Marshal himself had been on the spot in the first place instead of that young fool student , Bacci , who fancied himself as some sort of Hollywood detective , probably have shot himself accidentally by this time … whole thing had been a mess from start to finish … |
| 3 | The visit hardly went like a breeze from start to finish . |
| 4 | I just want someone to know that this — all this stuff — has been a burden and nothing but a burden from start to finish , and that I feel no twinge of regret at coming out of that place , and that I shall never go back into it , ever , so help me Frederica Potter . |
| 5 | When it came to make-believe , he preferred opera , for in opera a knave in disguise is quickly discovered , and is unambiguously a knave , nor is the matter of a song a lie from start to finish . |
| 6 | ‘ It has been described as a headache from start to finish , ’ a source told Sunday Life . |