Sentence examples for a roof above from inspiring English sources

A former inmate can do little without a roof above his head.

** *** ** Robinson on a roof above the Heights; the boats Mourn like the lost.

Now, he has a roof above his head and a telephone with which to call his parole officer each week.

The recent rush of projects was led off by the Boston Red Sox, which installed 28 solar panels on a roof above the first-base line in 2008.

And, like Steve, their housing benefit will be docked, so they will be left scrabbling just to make the rent and keep a roof above their heads.

The dereliction can be agonising for people struggling to keep a roof above their heads in one of the world's most expensive cities.

The piglet creep area had four heating lamps and a roof about 0.5 m above the floor and was situated in a corner of the feeding area that was inaccessible to the sows.

In some cases it may be worth appointing a support person who can buffer disturbances from the outside, and can service the team for instance, someone who will follow up on a lost paycheck, an undelivered desk, a purchasing snarl-up, or a leaking roof above a drawing board.

The porch has a gabled roof above a 14th-century archway.

It may be like a gasworks with a greenhouse roof above it: so sang Joyce Grenfell feelingly of the Royal Albert Hall.

A new eight-story building, with a roof garden above and a fancy clothing shop at the street level, had recently been put up.