Example sentences of "he [be] [vb pp] from [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Milton Keynes mountain biker Jamie Carr has finished the Great Australian Bike Race … he 's ridden from coast to coast … one of only nine men to make it … |
| 2 | When I meet Morrissey , at the Hyde park Hotel , he 's dressed from head to foot in black . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In middle age he became more patient as he was harried from city to city and lost all his papers in a shipwreck . |
| 5 | ‘ I believe he was lost from time to time , but that of course is inevitable in a down-market operation . |
| 6 | He was dressed from head to foot in white . |
| 7 | When I first saw him I could n't believe my eyes — he was dressed from head to toe in khaki . |
| 8 | Though he was questioned from time to time about radical plots and was even for a while held in the Tower , his claim to be moved now by conscience and not by political faction seems to have been accepted . |
| 9 | He was buffeted from side to side , and swore in what Anne thought was an Australian accent . |
| 10 | Then , on D'Arcy 's insistence , he was passed from extension to extension . |
| 11 | She looked at Phil ; he was encased from top to toe in black leather , as always . |
| 12 | He was taken from home to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital but was found to be already dead . |
| 13 | The powerful driving fist of the surging tide was cuffing him off balance : he was rocked from side to side as it rose and fell . |
| 14 | He could have been much more seriously hurt , but he was burned from head to foot anyway . ’ |