Example sentences of "[pron] had got [pn reflx] " in BNC.

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1 I had got myself down on the floor of the Superdome Convention Hall to make a video .
2 I had got myself in a very foolish position .
3 Once I had got myself unpacked , it was 5pm and the day shift girls from the various departments were coming off-duty , including two of the Met girls , Jean and Marjorie .
4 Four frayed toothbrushes , pink , green , blue and yellow , were stuck in a plastic rack which had got itself caked up with toothpaste .
5 No , instead she had got herself fitted with a big , bossy secretary 's pair .
6 Now , when Paul told her the truth , her first thought was that she wished she had got herself an extra gown , while she was at it ; in fact she had been unable conveniently to carry any more , or would have done so .
7 I could not see my mother sine she had got herself well hidden behind my father so I rushed to the house , through the open french windows , saw my wife sideways on to me gazing at a blank wall and screamed , " See what 's happening — our baby to be plastered over half of some alien landscape !
8 She had got herself all hot and bothered and she felt much safer in the water than she had in the barn .
9 Indeed , so shaken was she that , without being fully aware of what she was doing , she had invited him in and had led the way into her sitting-room before she had got herself back together again .
10 One man who had got himself clear in that way drove in his own carriage by the very commissioners to whom he had but lately surrendered , and splashed both them and his creditors with the dirt of his chariot wheels .
11 Anthony Waugh sawed his way through his neighbour 's stair bannister in Londonderry Road , Stockton , to release Sarah Walters , three , who had got herself trapped while playing on the steps .
12 Sotheby 's Amsterdam , recently announced with pride that they had got themselves into The Guinness Book of Records .
13 McLeish made a conscientious note , feeling that he had got himself sidetracked off the more interesting question of Angela Morgan 's capital investment in Yeo Davis .
14 It was n't until he asked if he could take some off that I realised he had got himself well wrapped up — with 24 articles of clothing , ’ said Taylor .
15 Perhaps he had got himself moved to the bigger town , or perhaps he had gone home to London as some of the children had done .
16 He had got himself into a difficult position and had escaped with more luck than dignity .
17 He had got himself noticed .
18 He had got himself put up for Pratt 's because it was impossible to have lunch there .
19 He had got himself a bar cloth and a bunch of paperclips and looked like he meant business .
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