Example sentences of "[noun sg] from [noun] to bottom " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the seat rails taper from top to bottom , as in the back of this chair , it is important to note on the plan whether the section is through the top or the bottom of the seat rail . |
| 2 | The exclusion of the lay influence from top to bottom had taken place before Innocent III 's time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I went through the whole place from top to bottom , cleaning it , polishing the furniture , and making everything just so , as my parents would have left it . |
| 5 | Not only did we double-glaze and fitted-Tintawn the whole place from top to bottom but I got my Dream Kitchen ! |
| 6 | ‘ Searchin' the place from top to bottom in the ‘ ope that there might ‘ ave been some grub to be found , but I could n't even find any communion wine . ’ |
| 7 | By dressing both the bride and the cake from top to bottom in virginal white , they created a wholly unintentional but blissful metaphor . |
| 8 | Turn the sides of the lining back and lockstitch ( page 33 ) lining to the wrong side of the curtain from top to bottom on all seams , and along the middle of each width ( fig. 28 ) . |
| 9 | She wrapped the gown close around her body and wandered back into the living-room , moving around aimlessly , pausing in front of the enormous bookcase that virtually filled one large section of the room from top to bottom . |
| 10 | We were allowed out of Croatia without any trouble but the Slovenians searched the lorry from top to bottom for weapons before allowing us through . |
| 11 | Cut halfway through the stem from top to bottom , then rinse well with cold , running water until no grit remains . |
| 12 | The Sheen inquiry found that the ferry company was ‘ infected with sloppiness from top to bottom ’ . |
| 13 | But Marx , in an equally tough voice , merely said , ‘ O.K. Let's do just that , ’ put his hand in his breast pocket , slowly pulled out a horribly official-looking envelope , and slowly and carefully took from that an even more horribly official-looking form , folded once , in what to Herr Nordern seemed an indescribably sinister manner from top to bottom instead of side to side . |
| 14 | ‘ Why did I have to fall for a suicidal maniac ? ’ she asked herself , and cleaned the flat from top to bottom to take her mind off the image of Jack dangling on the end of a rope above a muddy slit somewhere in subterranean Yorkshire ! |
| 15 | There 's co-operation from top to bottom in all respects . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It 's fantastic when you think that a lot of people reckon this whole society 's evil from top to bottom , ’ says Jack . |
| 17 | What we really have to worry about , Cummins believes , is the ‘ Anglo conformity ’ that permeates the education hierarchy from top to bottom . |
| 18 | They can just be people who believe they ought to reshape society from top to bottom . |
| 19 | The spectre of redundancy has been raised , and morale from top to bottom has become a cause for deep concern . |
| 20 | Kirov took only a few more minutes to search the small studio from top to bottom . |
| 21 | Draw a line down the middle from top to bottom . |
| 22 | Example 4 is a great lick for covering the whole fretboard from top to bottom . |
| 23 | First she was terrified there was a burglar , then when she 'd searched the house from top to bottom she got mad and shoved me back to bed . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The police turned up at his home after midnight on the night Joanna went missing and searched the house from top to bottom , even taking away his clothes for tests . |
| 26 | Sometimes , of course , it can work the other way round ; I recall a woman , going through a difficult time with her husband , returning after a few days ' holiday to find that he had swept and cleaned the house from top to bottom . |
| 27 | She and I are going to clean Moor House from top to bottom , and make all the Christmas preparations that you know nothing about , being only a man . |
| 28 | It took about six weeks for the fever to go and then we got sulphur candles to fumigate the house from top to bottom . |
| 29 | Someone had carefully searched the house from top to bottom but nothing was missing . |
| 30 | ( 3 ) Finally , there is a " full survey " , which literally involves the surveyor in scouring the house from top to bottom to include lifting floorboards and examining the timbers in the attic . |