Example sentences of "house from [noun] to bottom " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | It took about six weeks for the fever to go and then we got sulphur candles to fumigate the house from top to bottom . |
7 | Someone had carefully searched the house from top to bottom but nothing was missing . |
8 | ( 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 . |
9 | Oh she said we 've cleaned the house from top to bottom . |
10 | He searched the house from top to bottom . |