Example sentences of "was [adj] from [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter pointed out that , while there was a general process of restructuring , the way it worked out in practice was different from case to case and that therefore it was pointless to search for highly regular patterns . |
| 2 | When the body was naked , it was X-rayed from top to toe . |
| 3 | It was corrupt from top to bottom , and they were s They knew that it was going on . |
| 4 | There was a mixture of the formal and the informal about it ; the Keeper of Zoology in the 1810s was wont from time to time to leap over the stuffed animals . |
| 5 | We eventually managed to fly out of the city under a thick cloud of smoke through which the sun was unable to penetrate , and which was present from Sarawak to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore . |
| 6 | He was black from shoes to waist . |
| 7 | The mayor , who had a reputation for trendiness , wore a pale yellow suit under his chain of office ; his lady was in pink flowers and a wide-brimmed white straw hat ; the royal relative was orange from head to foot . |
| 8 | The march , the first ever organised by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association ( NICRA ) , involved 2,500 protesters and was peaceful from start to finish . |
| 9 | Slavery in the Mediterranean world was continuous from Caesar to Columbus . |