Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] from top to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So she caught me up and turned me round , feeling my load from top to bottom and every side . |
| 2 | By the end of the afternoon she had replaced her wardrobe from top to tail , had acquired an evening dress that was out of this world , and had had her hair freshly washed and styled . |
| 3 | But John and Veronica Saunders still make time to decorate their home from top to toe . |
| 4 | Ruth wore Mrs Carson 's lavender cast-off with her one and only bonnet , and was therefore all the more pleased by Sean 's appreciative look as his glance took in her appearance from top to toe . |
| 5 | A quick encompassing movement of his light eyes absorbed every detail of her appearance from top to toe , before he stood back . |
| 6 | The four men had spent the night scouring their living-quarters from top to bottom . |
| 7 | Gone are the days when a couple furnished their house from top to bottom in a style that fitted in with the tastes of friends , neighbours , colleagues at work , or cronies down at the pub or tennis club . |
| 8 | We 'd been planning to completely redecorate our home from top to bottom , and at first I just could n't face doing it alone . |