Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] from head to " in BNC.
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1 | He was a striking figure with a long , dour face , the head completely shaven , his thin body clothed from head to toe in a black gown and cloak . |
2 | ‘ Not even when we were lying so close that every inch of our skin touched from head to toe ? ’ he challenged her softly . |
3 | The corpse which lay there was frozen hard , that of an old man covered from head to knee in a loose , threadbare gown . |
4 | At home they had behaved as if she were a toddler going to a first party in a party frock rather than a huge ungainly student eighteen years of age going to university dressed from head to toe in dark clothes . |
5 | As a patient bandaged from head to foot , Crawford had to deliver only one line , but he forgot it , lifted the bed sheet to look down at a prompt card and uttered the immortal words , ‘ Have you seen this , nurse ? ’ |