A roof over one's head for the night was the most urgent need.

If the return goes over one's head, then throw softer.

I cannot tell you what a curse it is to have hanging over one's head.

It was a most unnatural act to put a plastic bag over one's head.

Is it possible to be simultaneously stooping and over one's head?

It must be terrible to feel so embarrassed about something that one would have to wear a paper bag over one's head!

Having a cascarón broken over one's head is said to bring good luck.

Still, it had seemed different with a sturdy roof over one's head and all America's rescue systems in the background.

In fact, she began to slow; running while carrying a chair over one's head was surprisingly tiring.

THE semiotics of hats can go over one's head.

A roof over one's head is a basic necessity, but many low-income Americans live in substandard, even dangerous, housing.

Of course, if one was a strong young man or a beautiful young woman, an unknown fate was always hanging over one's head.

A day spent in the "open," with the blue sky over one's head, is indeed a splendid tonic for jaded nerves.

But it is very difficult to thrust a weight upwards over one's head, and it seemed that even his slight bulk was enough.

He said people in their 60's who have osteoporosis, for example, may not be able to do an overhead press, pushing a barbell over one's head.

To have lost the roof over one's head is bad - Oh yes, Robert my dear, you don't have to tell us."

"The Culhane findings underscore the need for affordable housing, income supports and jobs that pay enough to keep a roof over one's head."

Tom was a muscular young fellow; but a club held over one's head by a burly thug would have shaken the courage of anybody.

I am certain he is listening to California rock and roll music that to me sounds as pleasant as five F-16s flying over one's head.

'Which is of little comfort,' said Locke, 'compared to money in a counting house and a roof over one's head.'

Only to know each day that tomorrow one would still have a roof over one's head, a bed to lie in and food to put on the table.

Over one's head 4.

Vert vault: Hands are placed in a regular vault fashion but one leg is kicked up over one's head.

Before they could turn around, Athena had broken the lamp over one's head, while Minzov was beating the other unsuccessfully with his boot.

said the Duckling, "so refreshing to let it close over one's head, and to dive down to the bottom."