Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] to foot [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was wrapped from head to foot in an old-fashioned opera cloak , of blue velvet . |
| 2 | A fascinating warren of steep narrow alleyways , of Hat-roofed tenement housing , it was visible from the French quarter , visible almost throughout the city : that teeming place , filled with barefoot children , with women shrouded from head to foot in black , who clasped their head-dresses across their faces and between their teeth , and never raised their eyes . |
| 3 | She was painted from head to foot in red . |
| 4 | For she had had vivid dreams — dreams in which he was dead and she had gone to see him in the T'ang 's Great Hall , laid out in state , clothed from head to foot in the white cloth of death . |
| 5 | TWO lorry drivers were stung from head to foot by thousands of angry bees yesterday . |
| 6 | When I meet Morrissey , at the Hyde park Hotel , he 's dressed from head to foot in black . |
| 7 | He was dressed from head to foot in white . |
| 8 | Something made me glance over to the long french windows leading to the back verandah , and there she was : Poppy , dressed from head to foot in black . |
| 9 | Like the captured enemy patrol , Grant and Larsen were dressed from head to foot in dark clothing , only in their case it was less military in style . |
| 10 | ‘ Dressed from head to foot by Peggy Pine … . ’ |
| 11 | The visitors were covered from head to foot in over-ripe whale bits . |
| 12 | He was presented to the Headmaster in his sleeveless jacket , ragged trousers and covered from head to foot in dirt . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |