Example sentences of "was [verb] from [noun sg] 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 | Whereupon he opened a huge cupboard which was filled from top to bottom with homemade jams , marmalades , chutneys , and pickles — some of which were five years old ! |
| 4 | But the tracer was weaving from side to side . |
| 5 | In one set of trials the type of match required was varied from trial to trial while in a second set of trials the same match was required for a fixed number of stimulus presentations . |
| 6 | Only her head was free to move by now and this she was tossing from side to side , her eyes rolling in panic , while her fear was further expressed in snorts and whimpers . |
| 7 | The Witham was frozen from bank to bank from Lincoln to Boston . |
| 8 | We took the route through Cheapside because the Thames was frozen from bank to bank , past the mansions of the rich , the stalls full of fripperies , the mouldering Eleanor Cross and the great Conduit which was supposed to bring fresh water into the city . |
| 9 | In a struggle on the ground , my raincoat was torn from top to bottom and Bardely exclaimed ‘ He 's biting my little finger off . ’ |
| 10 | The play was a two-hander , which meant that it was carried from beginning to end by the two stars . |
| 11 | Although the commitment to religion was stressed from time to time , often in response to the charge of militarism , the CLB always seemed to emphasize matters of social discipline and conformity . |
| 12 | The city developed chiefly after 1040 , when the residence of the kings was transferred from Gniezno to Cracow , and stone buildings began to replace the wooden ones . |
| 13 | And that small , dark young man Simon Westward , who was seen from time to time around Knockglen , he was Eve 's first cousin . |
| 14 | Govan car sheds were reputedly haunted by a figure which was seen from time to time in a driving compartment of a car but on investigation the figure had disappeared and was nowhere to be found ; the cab was empty yet strangely cold ! |
| 15 | Laura was trembling from head to toe . |
| 16 | By the time they finally arrived in the deserted car park behind the arcade she was trembling from head to foot , racked by every emotion from fear to rage . |
| 17 | She was trembling from head to foot . |
| 18 | I was moved from home to home . |
| 19 | On April 27 Banda announced another Cabinet dissolution ; in the new Cabinet announced on May 2 , Mwakikunga was moved from Health to Community Services , in an exchange of portfolios with Katola Phiri , and Bwanali was dropped from the Cabinet , with his portfolio of Local Government taken by Minister of Forestry and Natural Resources Stanford Demba . |
| 20 | Michael Howard , another standard-bearer for the Right , was moved from Employment to Environment , the largest Whitehall department . |
| 21 | What I did was to teeter from side to side like a tall mast on a small ship in a heavy sea . |
| 22 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that in Ayrshire we are extremely proud of the new hospital which was built from start to finish within five years , a record for anywhere in the country ? |
| 23 | The minute his attention was removed to the next , Kennedy was appraised from head to foot . |
| 24 | Michael was saved from choking to death by David , who reached inside his mouth to move his tongue . |
| 25 | Mr Crangle was grinning from ear to ear . |
| 26 | He was grinning from ear to ear and pointing his finger up to the flies . |
| 27 | She was grinning from ear to ear , her eyes sparkling in excited anticipation , like a child watching magicians at a carnival . |
| 28 | Suddenly Lisa was grinning from ear to ear . |
| 29 | ‘ Get on with it , Ruthie , ’ he told her , and though he was grinning from ear to ear she knew what was powering him and she felt the excitement blossom in herself . |
| 30 | He was grinning from ear to ear and the first stabs of doubt needled at Ruth 's heart . |