Example sentences of "roof over my head " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ , ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | Thanks to her I still had a roof over my head , but this economic patronage subtly altered relations between us in a way that did nothing to improve my self-respect . |
| 3 | The Lord is my Warden ; I shall have a roof over my head . |
| 4 | We were neither of us getting any younger , but he was a good few years older than I and I was the one with the roof over my head . |
| 5 | You see , I do n't expect , or want , anything from you , apart from a roof over my head . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Diplexcito , who has fought for three years to get a suitable house for his family — he has been offered several by the district and regional authorities — said : ‘ My wife and daughters will be staying with relatives , but I only have the car as a roof over my head . |
| 7 | It 's very difficult now with all the other cutbacks , I just do n't know how I 'm going to manage and whether or not I 'll have a roof over my head by the end of the year or what will be happening . |