Example sentences of "[verb] from top [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gabriel took himself to the top of a steep grass slope and , lying full length in the grass , rolled from top to bottom , over and over and over , until he was soaking wet and extremely dizzy . |
| 2 | The overwhelming impression left after the debate is of a Tory Party spilt from top to toe over Europe , and a Prime Minister unable to heal the rift . |
| 3 | In a struggle on the ground , my raincoat was torn from top to bottom and Bardely exclaimed ‘ He 's biting my little finger off . ’ |
| 4 | I begin with this area because , firstly , it is towards the top of the paper and it is always preferable to work from top to bottom to alleviate unwanted smudging . |
| 5 | I begin with this area because , firstly , it is towards the top of the paper and it is always preferable to work from top to bottom to alleviate unwanted smudging . |
| 6 | ‘ We searched that place from top to bottom . |
| 7 | The old type of gravity filter is rarely found nowadays , and most works use pressure filters containing beds of graded sand , coarse at the bottom and fine at the top , through which the water is pumped from top to bottom . |
| 8 | The house was perfect — well , it would have been perfect ; it needed a complete overhaul , of course , redecorating from top to bottom , and then I 'd thought of building some guest-houses , and it seemed a little silly to have a villa with perfect anchorage unless I used it , so I 'd thought of a yacht … |
| 9 | The graphics card is a ProDesigner Orchid IIs , with 1Mb video RAM and supports refresh rates ( the rate at which the screen is drawn from top to bottom ) up to 72Hz . |
| 10 | I was washed from top to toe in Mrs Joe 's usual violent manner , and handed over , in my tightest Sunday clothes , to Mr Pumblechook . |
| 11 | In fact I have a bill somewhere where the next door to me at at the shop on Street was papered from top to bottom and the total bill for the paper and labour I think is under three pounds and that included el e e e eleven rolls for a staircase . |
| 12 | In this particular chair , as the back legs are set to tilt inwards towards the bottom , the shoulders will be angled from top to bottom of the rail . |
| 13 | When ordering Thermoclear always state width and length carefully — and ensure that the ribs will run from top to bottom ( ridge to eaves ) and NOT sideways . |
| 14 | Shifts of labour were therefore organised , and these tall fortress-like structures were lit from top to bottom at night , and presented something new and dramatic to those who had the leisure to stay outside and contemplate it with detachment . |
| 15 | With her glossy curls and ripe-peach skin she seemed to glow from top to toe . |
| 16 | When you can do this easily your lungs will be free to fill from top to bottom , so take a few deep , slow but gentle breaths . |
| 17 | ‘ The corruption goes from top to bottom , like a cheese , you know . |
| 18 | Rotating through 180 degrees would produce a pattern for knitting from top to bottom and rotating through 45 degrees would produce a pattern for a diagonal or bias knit . |
| 19 | Sulphur candles had been burning for days , leaving the house free of vermin , then the whole place had been painted from top to bottom . |
| 20 | 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 ! |
| 21 | Many 's the time I 've slipped from top to bottom of the ladder , making a noise like the crack of doom , which was not however , sufficient to wake them ( as I could tell by their uninterrupted snores ) . |
| 22 | The colours range from brown to black and pink salmon-beige and alternate in large bands running from top to bottom . |
| 23 | And I 'm saying to Mrs Jones , yeah I 'll do whatever , y'know , I used to have some good contacts with Estate Agents and that and they would just ring me up and say will you come and do so and so and we want it done within six or seven days , y'know , a house that they were selling , that they 'd want completely doing from top to bottom inside and out . |
| 24 | And with the additional treatments from DeCleor you 'll be glowing from top to toe by the end of the week . |
| 25 | Starting from top of wall , dab lightly and randomly . |
| 26 | As with the conventional chart , the dates are marked clearly along the top and the rooms in their different categories run from top to bottom . |
| 27 | The most vital thing is that the club is run from top to bottom just like a winning team . |
| 28 | Reading from top to bottom , the series 1 , 2 , 3 is known as architectural form , an unfortunate and misleading phrase derived from the bottom weighting of masonry , necessary to its stability . |
| 29 | The Cabinet is split from top to bottom over the Prime Minister 's policy of using Common Market grants for tax cuts instead of for the provision of help to deprived areas . |
| 30 | With a great heave the black claws ripped away Bill 's scalp , his face split from top to bottom revealing the three demonic masks of Hades rising from within . |