Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] from head to [noun] " 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 TWO lorry drivers were stung from head to foot by thousands of angry bees yesterday .
3 Both wore silver chaplets and were clothed from head to toe in robes of gold .
4 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 .
5 The visitors were covered from head to foot in over-ripe whale bits .
6 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 .
7 She was painted from head to foot in red .
8 The minute his attention was removed to the next , Kennedy was appraised from head to foot .
9 She was wrapped from head to foot in an old-fashioned opera cloak , of blue velvet .
10 When I first saw him I could n't believe my eyes — he was dressed from head to toe in khaki .
11 He was dressed from head to foot in white .
12 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 .
13 He could have been much more seriously hurt , but he was burned from head to foot anyway . ’
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