Example sentences of "gets [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | McQueen is happiest in the action sequences such as the exciting ‘ Great Escape ’ from the prison during a concert of French ballet music , and his subsequent flight through the jungle , surviving snakes , crocodiles , Indian blowpipes , and a leper colony until he gets himself to a nunnery and is betrayed by the Mother Superior . |
2 | ‘ Bring Michael back before he gets himself into any more trouble . ’ |
3 | But if young David gets himself into Parliament , I expect he 'll do as good a job on the government back benches as he would in opposition . ’ |
4 | My body gets itself into a state of refusal . |
5 | If the weaker goat gets itself into a position from which it can not escape , it may be gored , and indeed may be killed . |
6 | Eventually this dear girl gets herself off the cash desk right and where does she find them ? |
7 | But Rebecca does n't have that aptitude ; she gets herself in a state about any new technology . |