Example sentences of "[pron] had [verb] [pn reflx] with [art] " in BNC.

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1	I had disguised myself with an old cardigan with faded leather elbow patches and a copy of the Daily Express .
2	After her husband 's death she had borne herself with a mournful dignity which had done her standing no harm , and taken the funeral food to the tomb herself with a regularity and devotion which would have shamed women lamenting better-loved partners .
3	But once the business had been established and the initial problems of setting it up had been dealt with , she had found herself with a certain amount of time at her disposal , time to relax , time to remember .
4	Fei Yen was looking down , the p'ip'a resting loosely against her breasts , her whole frame bent forward , as if she had emptied herself with the song .
5	So was Gordon Brand , jun , runner-up to Nobilo in Valencia a fortnight ago who had saddled himself with an opening 77 .
6	And they had to concern themselves with the possibility of igniting even greater disturbances which could not be contained by the forces at hand .
7	There were many times in the past years when he had wondered why on earth he had involved himself with the Hochhauser Season , times when he was worried , exhausted , furious , and prepared to consign the whole company to hell .
8	As the heating was off it had been cold , but he had comforted himself with the thought that it was not as cold as it was outside where many of the animals were .
9	He had thought he could look at a picture of Wyvis Hall , a photograph he had taken himself with a cheap camera Zosie had stolen , with equanimity and even a rueful amusement , but it appeared he could not .
10	Born and bred in Stockport , he had identified himself with the life of the town and the School .
11	The possibility of a long poem clearly inspired him and , almost as soon as he had settled himself with the Mirrlees , he began to work upon the next poem in the sequence .

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