Example sentences of "[vb pp] from [noun] to bottom " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gabriel took himself to the top of a steep grass slope and , lying full length in the grass , rolled from top to bottom , over and over and over , until he was soaking wet and extremely dizzy . |
| 2 | In a struggle on the ground , my raincoat was torn from top to bottom and Bardely exclaimed ‘ He 's biting my little finger off . ’ |
| 3 | The old type of gravity filter is rarely found nowadays , and most works use pressure filters containing beds of graded sand , coarse at the bottom and fine at the top , through which the water is pumped from top to bottom . |
| 4 | The graphics card is a ProDesigner Orchid IIs , with 1Mb video RAM and supports refresh rates ( the rate at which the screen is drawn from top to bottom ) up to 72Hz . |
| 5 | In fact I have a bill somewhere where the next door to me at at the shop on Street was papered from top to bottom and the total bill for the paper and labour I think is under three pounds and that included el e e e eleven rolls for a staircase . |
| 6 | In this particular chair , as the back legs are set to tilt inwards towards the bottom , the shoulders will be angled from top to bottom of the rail . |
| 7 | Shifts of labour were therefore organised , and these tall fortress-like structures were lit from top to bottom at night , and presented something new and dramatic to those who had the leisure to stay outside and contemplate it with detachment . |
| 8 | Sulphur candles had been burning for days , leaving the house free of vermin , then the whole place had been painted from top to bottom . |
| 9 | Whereupon he opened a huge cupboard which was filled from top to bottom with homemade jams , marmalades , chutneys , and pickles — some of which were five years old ! |
| 10 | Many 's the time I 've slipped from top to bottom of the ladder , making a noise like the crack of doom , which was not however , sufficient to wake them ( as I could tell by their uninterrupted snores ) . |
| 11 | As with the conventional chart , the dates are marked clearly along the top and the rooms in their different categories run from top to bottom . |
| 12 | The most vital thing is that the club is run from top to bottom just like a winning team . |
| 13 | The Cabinet is split from top to bottom over the Prime Minister 's policy of using Common Market grants for tax cuts instead of for the provision of help to deprived areas . |
| 14 | With a great heave the black claws ripped away Bill 's scalp , his face split from top to bottom revealing the three demonic masks of Hades rising from within . |