Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] from head [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The likes of Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista were clad from head to toe in leather , rubber , latex and PVC .
2 I could see you were prickling from head to foot with some kind of emotion towards me .
3 TWO lorry drivers were stung from head to foot by thousands of angry bees yesterday .
4 Both wore silver chaplets and were clothed from head to toe in robes of gold .
5 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 .
6 The visitors were covered from head to foot in over-ripe whale bits .
7 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 .
8 She was painted from head to foot in red .
9 Laura was trembling from head to toe .
10 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 .
11 She was trembling from head to foot .
12 The minute his attention was removed to the next , Kennedy was appraised from head to foot .
13 She was wrapped from head to foot in an old-fashioned opera cloak , of blue velvet .
14 Robyn let out a deep sigh and realised that she was shaking from head to foot .
15 He walked me to the door with the kids in tow and said that we could all have a look inside , the kids as well , but even though I was shaking from head to toe , I said eventually , after we walked past the place at least four times , if I was going to do this I might as well do it on my own .
16 She was shaking from head to toe , her heart thumping wildly .
17 When I first saw him I could n't believe my eyes — he was dressed from head to toe in khaki .
18 He was dressed from head to foot in white .
19 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 .
20 He could have been much more seriously hurt , but he was burned from head to foot anyway . ’
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