Example sentences of "[art] roof [prep] [pos pn] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said all right , £50 , and he had it tied to the roof of their car before they could make a run for it . |
| 2 | She counted to ten as she had been taught when about to deliver a big speech , but when she tried to force some words of outrage from between her teeth her tongue clove to the roof of her mouth and the most she could do was make a small cry of protest deep in her throat . |
| 3 | All it can do is to cling to the roof of its gallery and there hundreds of them hang in rows . |
| 4 | I began to feel something sharp coming through the roof of my mouth and went to Mr Grover , who X-rayed me and showed me a pretty picture of that fateful root still there despite the hammer and chisel . |
| 5 | The milk was hot on the roof of his mouth and he was sharply aware of the Woman sitting there , the sleeves of the night-shirt falling away from her strong , brown forearms . |
| 6 | How it kept the roof over their heads as well as helping the community . |
| 7 | Well in one they 've got a roof over their head and in the other they have n't , I would 've thought that was a rather major difference . |
| 8 | ‘ She 'll have a roof over her head as long as I 'm above ground , ’ he responded aggressively . |
| 9 | The fact is I did take it out once or twice , determined to do something with it , but other things , like earning enough to keep a roof over our heads and send the children to decent schools , always seemed to intervene . |
| 10 | We had enough , we had a roof over our heads and we had enough food and things like that , but nothing for luxuries or little extras . |
| 11 | The contrast between his treatment of Morpurgo — the occasional condescending coin — and Dysart 's — a roof over his head and some honest employment — was obviously lost on him . |
| 12 | ‘ If it were n't for me giving you a roof over your head after your mother had the gall to die on me , you would have ended up in the bloody workhouse ! |
| 13 | It 's impossible to start studying seriously until you 've found a roof over your head that suits your needs and allows a clear head for studying . |
| 14 | ’ , ‘ Comfortable woman needed , good with children … ’ , when the thought came to me that , with a roof over my head and just about enough money to live on , there was no real need for me to work at all . |
| 15 | I suppose , technically speaking , ’ he paused , ‘ if you put her out into the road she would have no roof over her head and we should have to take her in . ’ |