Example sentences of "a [noun sg] over her head " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sight of any other teacher dripping with water and with a bucket over her head would have been an occasion for great mirth among the pupils , but absolutely nothing could diminish Miss Hardbroom 's power . |
| 2 | She had pulled a stocking over her head and threatened a cashier with a toy cowboy gun . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ She 'll have a roof over her head as long as I 'm above ground , ’ he responded aggressively . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Now Anne Henderson is going to court to try to keep a roof over her head . |
| 9 | She groaned again and pushed a pillow over her head . |
| 10 | She pulled a basket over her head and crouched down again . |
| 11 | I conceded that it might have been wiser , and indeed more seemly , to have consulted her before a decision was reached ; but I did not add that I had advised the Prime Minister to agree to a meeting over her head because I was convinced that she would never accept a challenge to her authority . |
| 12 | ‘ Mr Burns , you have a great deal to answer for , ’ she muttered savagely , hauling the insubstantial scrap of ribbon and lace that claimed to be a nightdress over her head and reaching instead for jeans and a sweatshirt . |
| 13 | She was handcuffed and had a hood over her head . ’ |
| 14 | Housewives were out shopping and he saw Sarah , a scarf over her head , wearing an old grey top-coat , carrying a shopping bag in one hand and clutching a large , black handbag with brass fastenings in the other . |
| 15 | She wore a scarf over her head and dark glasses . |
| 16 | The couple stayed with the horse until a vet officially certified its death and then , to avoid waiting photographers , Diana left the Gaselees in the back of the Land Rover with a coat over her head . |
| 17 | Her right cheek twitched and she ran a hand over her head to brush down some stray , dyed hairs . |
| 18 | She was combing out her blonde hair and pouring a colourless liquid from a bottle over her head . |