Example sentences of "i had [adv] got [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I had nearly got to the front door when Father appeared at the top of the stairs .
2 Andrea Godfrey , 25 , who comes from Darlington and works for a London-based advertising agency , said : ‘ I had just got on the train when I heard this tremendous bang .
3 Well , it must have been my day as with half an hour to go I had just got to the end of my swim when the float buried and the elastic shot out .
4 I had just got to the tricky bit when in walked this friend with the usual enquiries .
5 I had just got to the part when I told them ‘ You will have to take the oath of allegiance to … ’ when one of my staff tapped me on the shoulder and said ‘ Ma'am , the King is dead . ’
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