I felt my whole body tense up, ready for the impact.
  The Sun (2012)
The core muscles are those in the abdomen and back, which provide support to the whole body.
  Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It wasn't just the acetone now, I realized; his whole body was afire.
 Pritchard, John NIGHT SISTERS (2002)
Sometimes they lasted ten minutes, sometimes half an hour, but when they happened his whole body was locked in an agonized paralysis.
 various & introduction by Deirdre Chapman A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990