Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] from head to foot " in BNC.
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| 1 | So is a very brave Jane Hollis who really should be covered from head to foot to cope ; with even Lossiemouth 's best day ! |
| 2 | The nun who admitted them appeared to be covered from head to foot apart from her eyes , nose , and mouth , for after she had bolted the gate behind them she tucked her bare hands into her sleeves , then led the way up a gravel path , on either side of which a lawn extended as far as a further high , stone wall , its top also embedded with glass . |
| 3 | TWO lorry drivers were stung from head to foot by thousands of angry bees yesterday . |
| 4 | Like the captured enemy patrol , Grant and Larsen were dressed from head to foot in dark clothing , only in their case it was less military in style . |
| 5 | The visitors were covered from head to foot in over-ripe whale bits . |
| 6 | He said on the Brian Hayes Show : ‘ It 's an absolutely appalling place … they are covered from head to foot in freckles and have red hair . ’ |
| 7 | When I meet Morrissey , at the Hyde park Hotel , he 's dressed from head to foot in black . |
| 8 | She was painted from head to foot in red . |
| 9 | The minute his attention was removed to the next , Kennedy was appraised from head to foot . |
| 10 | She was wrapped from head to foot in an old-fashioned opera cloak , of blue velvet . |
| 11 | He was dressed from head to foot in white . |
| 12 | He could have been much more seriously hurt , but he was burned from head to foot anyway . ’ |