Example sentences of "covered from [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The visitors were covered from head to foot in over-ripe whale bits . |
| 2 | He was presented to the Headmaster in his sleeveless jacket , ragged trousers and covered from head to foot in dirt . |
| 3 | So is a very brave Jane Hollis who really should be covered from head to foot to cope ; with even Lossiemouth 's best day ! |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Soon he surfaces from a vat of hot tar , covered from head to foot ; the ‘ tar ’ was really food flavouring . |
| 7 | A friend of mine who took part in such a march in Greenwich , Connecticut , headquarters of the Pittston Group , said that first came the airline pilots in their dark blue uniforms and gold braided hats ; then the telephone workers all dressed in red shirts ; and then the miners covered from head to toe in camouflage . |
| 8 | ‘ What else can it be when you 're covered from head to toe in foul little pustules ? ’ |
| 9 | I could n't tell much about him as he was covered from head to toe in red crash helmet with black visor , red riding leathers and red boots . |
| 10 | But most of them would have a neck that was quite high ; modesty was getting to be a really important factor , so we 're covered from head to toe . |
| 11 | The corpse which lay there was frozen hard , that of an old man covered from head to knee in a loose , threadbare gown . |
| 12 | He banned many of their rites and their passion plays and he forbade women to wear in public the cahdor , the long , black seamless garment in which they were covered from scalp to toe . |
| 13 | Materials are covered from graphite to felt-tips , to pastels — the latter not really suitable for sketchbooks , probably , but ideal for preparation for oils . |
| 14 | Its most surprising room , covered from ceiling to floor in 17th-century paintings , should be a salon or library ; instead , a dotty stone bathtub was set into one wall at a later date by a lady called Charlotte . |
| 15 | Covered from neck to knee in a thick towelling robe , she swept back into the bedroom a few moments later . |
| 16 | The only problem was that by the time you had finished the slide show at the end of the evening you were covered from fingertips to armpits in coloured ink and oil and all the gunge associated with it . |
| 17 | He was absolutely colossal — about 5 foot 10 inches tall and 6 foot wide , and carrying a riding crop covered from end to end with thick black tape . |