Example sentences of "had [verb] [pn reflx] [adv] in the " in BNC.

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1 He had hidden himself then in the deepest hole he could find because the lightning and the thunder alarmed him .
2 They had found Montparnasse and had installed themselves unwittingly in the brothel , the Hôtel Select , making friends also with the girls who haunted the nearby Café Ambiance .
3 In July 1890 , two years after writing this , Van Gogh had shot himself inefficiently in the groin , and had died slowly .
4 She had witnessed the on-off charm for herself when he had thought himself alone in the Feathers ' coffee-room .
5 ‘ That was an accident , ’ Aunt Emily said firmly , ‘ after you had put yourself considerably in the wrong by trespassing . ’
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