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Meanings of leaky roof in English

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Usage of leaky roof in English
1
Nor you, so long as you are here beneath my leaky roof.
A Dance with Dragons
2
In effect, the whole leaky roof problem has been subbed out.
A place of my own: the architecture of daydreams
3
The leaky roof and even leakier kitchen pipes had taken precedence.
Damaged
4
We began in an old frame house with a leaky roof.
Bloodchild and Other Stories
5
Hell, no! Contempt dripped from his voice like water from a leaky roof.
American empire: blood and iron
6
Just legal and paid-endto beetle soup, leaky roof, and sixteenmile walk to work.
The woman who died a lot
7
Does the real estate agent always point out the leaky roof to a buyer?
Confessions of a wall street analyst: a true story of inside inf...
8
I have to keep repeating to myself: it's faulty plumbing, it's a leaky roof.
Cleaving
9
Two-room unpainted shack, leaky roof, most window panes missing, porch dangerous to walk on.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
10
Got a leaky roof, cracked walls or planning issues?
The Irish Times
11
The rain pattered on the leaky roof.
A Damsel in Distress
12
Today's biggest emergency was how to deal with a leaky roof just after tropical depression Barry passed over.
Wired
13
After about a year of working as a mechanic, I got my own 20-year-old Beetle with a leaky roof.
Reuters
14
The trees were scraggy, loppy old things hanging down in dismal sweep over the leaky roof and damp walls.
Twilight Stories
15
She hired local workmen to come in and repair the faulty plumbing and leaky roof and worn-out electrical equipment.
Rage of angels
16
Keeping it up, worrying about a leaky roof, and all that stuff we talked about before and didn't want.
Full circle
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