Example sentences of "from top to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The overwhelming impression left after the debate is of a Tory Party spilt from top to toe over Europe , and a Prime Minister unable to heal the rift . |
| 2 | The ultimate finishing touch has to be the ‘ champagne ’ shower unit that sprinkles you from top to toe with specially aerated bubbly water . |
| 3 | And with the additional treatments from DeCleor you 'll be glowing from top to toe by the end of the week . |
| 4 | I was washed from top to toe in Mrs Joe 's usual violent manner , and handed over , in my tightest Sunday clothes , to Mr Pumblechook . |
| 5 | She looked at Phil ; he was encased from top to toe in black leather , as always . |
| 6 | This group covers personal items used to protect the wearer from top to toe against specific hazards . |
| 7 | Gabriel praised God from top to tail of his eiderdown , and glorified God 's servant Garvey who snored inside his own duck-down quilt , at the other end of the darkness . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | What one finds is a continuum extending from top to bottom of the occupational scale ; the ‘ lower ’ on the scale , the lower the proportion identifying as middle class and the higher the proportion identifying as working class . |
| 11 | Clearly devolving responsibility for delivering the service locally by pushing such responsibility as far down the hierarchy to the point of delivery as is reasonably possible , and by ensuring that the local manager is placed in a hierarchy of managers , all with closely defined job descriptions from top to bottom of the organization |
| 12 | Of course I 've looked before , but not really closely , literally stone by stone , from top to bottom of each wall . |
| 13 | Tack each pleat in place on the right side , from top to bottom of buckram . |
| 14 | Often they are heavily hinged with one can deep shelving from top to bottom of the doors for maximum use of space . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Turn the sides of the lining back and lockstitch ( page 33 ) lining to the wrong side of the curtain from top to bottom on all seams , and along the middle of each width ( fig. 28 ) . |
| 18 | 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 ! |
| 19 | It set off packed from top to bottom with Sheffield area anglers , fishing rods and maggots and dropped you off on the canal at Clayworth where George lived until he died about ten years ago . |
| 20 | We were allowed out of Croatia without any trouble but the Slovenians searched the lorry from top to bottom for weapons before allowing us through . |
| 21 | There 's co-operation from top to bottom in all respects . ’ |
| 22 | Conservative plans would split it from top to bottom in a complex network of charging that pitted patients against doctors , doctors against hospitals , hospitals against charities and charities against patients . |
| 23 | By dressing both the bride and the cake from top to bottom in virginal white , they created a wholly unintentional but blissful metaphor . |
| 24 | An architect by profession , he took six months off work to help the builders make the house habitable , and then he and Anne painted it from top to bottom in a vibrant range of colour schemes , theirs is the tonic to take : the narrow winding staircase is an orangey red , the kitchen a pale blue , the living room a shade of yellow , the conservatory woodwork a blue-green , and so on . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ Searchin' the place from top to bottom in the ‘ ope that there might ‘ ave been some grub to be found , but I could n't even find any communion wine . ’ |
| 27 | They came with a good suit on and they would go to work with a suit double breasted and then and they would work there and make a lot of money and when the next thing they would do they would hit into town and get all rigged out and then that was them from top to bottom from their hat right to their feet and then they were hitting the road then . |
| 28 | The Gospel of the God of Grace from top to ground over you . |
| 29 | The Gospel of the God of Grace from top to ground over you . |