Example sentences of "a roof [prep] 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 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 .
4 ‘ 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 .
5 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 .
6 Now Anne Henderson is going to court to try to keep a roof over her head .
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