Example sentences of "was [vb pp] from head to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 She was painted from head to foot in red .
3 The minute his attention was removed to the next , Kennedy was appraised from head to foot .
4 She was wrapped from head to foot in an old-fashioned opera cloak , of blue velvet .
5 When I first saw him I could n't believe my eyes — he was dressed from head to toe in khaki .
6 He was dressed from head to foot in white .
7 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 .
8 He could have been much more seriously hurt , but he was burned from head to foot anyway . ’
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