Example sentences of "got herself " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's partly because she has got herself cornered economically , and partly because deep down she thinks there is a nationalist string she can pluck to her electoral advantage . |
| 2 | No , instead she had got herself fitted with a big , bossy secretary 's pair . |
| 3 | Hell 's teeth , I 'm just going to phone again , am I , only an hour after the last time — ‘ Little Bina 's got herself into a mess , ran away from home and got her bag nicked , can you come and fetch her quick cos she 's very frightened ? ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I keep telling my mum she 's got herself a con-man , but she wo n't listen to me . |
| 6 | But I do n't think we should give her too long , cos she 's got herself into . |
| 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 | Emily had a way of launching casually into an anecdote about some fix she 'd got herself into in the past and Preston would listen with increasing alarm , wondering just what he 'd got himself into . |
| 9 | He 'd just warn him off Tippy by saying she 'd got herself a big coon for a boyfriend . |
| 10 | The upshot was she got herself a room in a house full of artists round the corner . |
| 11 | It 's wonderful , but she 's got herself into a state . |
| 12 | Er she 'd got herself reasonably fit again er and then if she 'd car take over the mo the baby you 'd , you 'd get , you 'd train her if she did n't know , if she ha if it was the first baby . |
| 13 | Neurotic enough to have vanished of her own accord — or even to have got herself murdered . |
| 14 | What had she got herself into ? |
| 15 | Instead of staying with me as he 'd planned , he rents this ancient pile , miles from anywhere , just so he can keep an eye on this stupid female who seems to have got herself into all sorts of trouble over a piece of land — ’ |
| 16 | A silly little girl who 'd got herself into trouble ! |
| 17 | Oh , Mum , what a mess your daughter has got herself into , and all because of her silly pride , her determination to lash out first before anyone could lash back ! |
| 18 | She 'd already got herself into all sorts of trouble listening to other people 's opinions , and she was n't going to make that mistake again . |
| 19 | Her hands were actually shaking and she would not have believed she could have got herself into this sort of state so quickly . |
| 20 | She had got herself all hot and bothered and she felt much safer in the water than she had in the barn . |
| 21 | A loose girl who sleeps around and has got herself pregnant ! |
| 22 | Just another little Irish girl who 'd got herself into trouble . ’ |
| 23 | But we want to review it after a few months because as I say , once she 's got herself organized , it might be alright . |
| 24 | How could she have got herself into a mess like this ? |
| 25 | How on earth had she ever got herself into such a mess ? |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Leith still had n't got herself back together again when the five of them moved to the dining-room . |
| 28 | Linda has got herself someone who is great and they are both very happy . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | It 's really weird my mu erm one of my mum 's friends who 's a bit of goer , she 's got herself a new bloke called Jim yeah and he looks exactly like Jimmi Hendrix and he plays the guitar . |