Example sentences of "covered from [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The visitors were covered from head to foot in over-ripe whale bits . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He was presented to the Headmaster in his sleeveless jacket , ragged trousers and covered from head to foot in dirt . |
| 4 | So is a very brave Jane Hollis who really should be covered from head to foot to cope ; with even Lossiemouth 's best day ! |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ What else can it be when you 're covered from head to toe in foul little pustules ? ’ |
| 8 | Soon he surfaces from a vat of hot tar , covered from head to foot ; the ‘ tar ’ was really food flavouring . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The corpse which lay there was frozen hard , that of an old man covered from head to knee in a loose , threadbare gown . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He banned many of their rites and their passion plays and he forbade women to wear in public the cahdor , the long , black seamless garment in which they were covered from scalp to toe . |
| 13 | Materials are covered from graphite to felt-tips , to pastels — the latter not really suitable for sketchbooks , probably , but ideal for preparation for oils . |
| 14 | Its most surprising room , covered from ceiling to floor in 17th-century paintings , should be a salon or library ; instead , a dotty stone bathtub was set into one wall at a later date by a lady called Charlotte . |
| 15 | Covered from neck to knee in a thick towelling robe , she swept back into the bedroom a few moments later . |
| 16 | He was absolutely colossal — about 5 foot 10 inches tall and 6 foot wide , and carrying a riding crop covered from end to end with thick black tape . |