Example sentences of "roof over her head " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had no prospect of a job and , without even a roof over her head , she was an automatic candidate for cardboard city — the community of derelicts who survive on the capital 's streets , in danger of sinking into a subculture of drugs and crime . |
| 2 | ‘ She 'll have a roof over her head as long as I 'm above ground , ’ he responded aggressively . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | Vi had a roof over her head again , bed and board and two shillings a day pay , and , better than that , she had found someone to mother . |
| 5 | ‘ I mean , we took her in when she came back from London with her tail between her legs , and we fed her and gave her a roof over her head , but she was forever dolling herself up and going out . |
| 6 | Rain guessed what had caused such changes : the realization that her talent did not stretch very far ; the passing of a way of life which had been so thrilling ; impending old age with few friends , little money and no certainty of a roof over her head . |
| 7 | And if the recession continued much longer she might return to London to find herself looking for some other occupation to keep the roof over her head — but that was her secret . |
| 8 | Now Anne Henderson is going to court to try to keep a roof over her head . |