Example sentences of "[adj] from head to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went to bed early : I felt numb from head to foot , did n't have no feelings . |
| 2 | ( According to these advertisements a large proportion of the population wears white from head to toe , especially for the more messy activities . |
| 3 | With my first dram halfway to my lips , the door burst open and in Sykes marched , snow-white from head to toe . |
| 4 | The brave are still brave , the cowards cowardly , and the dirty are still alive from head to foot . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | And four and a quarter hours later , when it actually was four , and the bedclothes both above and below were a mere conglomerate heap , and Tessa 's strapping behind had pushed right across the bed , and Bob was cold and stiff from head to foot , and had been neither asleep nor awake for a moment , it felt as though the solar system had finally run down and stopped , and closed off the ever-renewing spring of pure , fresh time for good and all . |
| 7 | We were there last weekend , they 'd say , and the elements were against us , but we were snug from head to toe in our rubber suits . |
| 8 | Once coloured up , this is truly an attractively marked eel ( although it is not a true eel ) , the dark , glossy tan brown being irregularly mottled from head to tail with black blotches . |
| 9 | Keep yourself clean from head to foot and provide yourself with opening medicine in case of need . |
| 10 | I think it should have been the other way round because I was black and blue from head to toe . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm black and blue from head to toe , ’ said Crawford then , ‘ I 've got eight pulled ligaments in my leg and bruises all over and , when I limp out of the theatre at night , these bloody bastards are walking up and down with signs saying ‘ English actors will be working next year — will you ? ’ . |