Example sentences of "[adv] caught [adv prt] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There was a seriously dangerous note in his voice now , Cassie thought , so caught up in the play that she hardly realized that she was part of the script and it was she whom Johnny was talking about .
2 They were very much caught up in the opinion that if they were an indie band , it could n't possibly be worth a major record company taking them seriously .
3 He was soon caught up in the wartime expansion of government activity , being concerned mainly with the regulation of foreign trade .
4 The questions tumbled from him as he went hand in hand with Beth , down the stairs and into the kitchen , where Peggy was soon caught up in the excitement .
5 His eyes raked mockingly over her dishevelled nakedness , and she shuddered , still caught up in the storm he had unleashed , but horrified , too , to realise what she 'd just been doing .
6 The last thing I want after the programme is to be still caught up in the atmosphere of the studio .
7 If he just suddenly hits me without warning , thought Bob , I shall almost certainly go straight over backwards with my feet still caught up in the bar-stool , and split my skull open on the floor .
8 They were thoroughly caught up in the contest .
9 In Hong Kong , where there is a well-oiled storm warning machine piloted by the staff of the ancient Royal Observatory , the entire community becomes rather gaily caught up in the summertime ritual of typhoon watch .
10 When the large whisky-blending house of W. and G. Pattison collapsed fraudulently the following year he tried and failed to arrange a rescue package , but DCL did provide financial help to firms unwittingly caught up in the crash .
11 It 's a funny thing the way podoeroticism has never really caught on in the West , what with sex being so popular and all .
12 CICS/6000 is a good product , Data Logic argues , but falls down because it is now caught up in the world of IBM marketing strategy .
13 1.30AM Caught up in the lawlessness , I fly through red lights and police cordons , feeling a sort of empowering exhilaration like that of the rioters .
14 ‘ As well as the mouse droppings there was a dead housefly caught up in the clothing .
15 The class is completely caught up in the action : toes and shoulders wriggling in sympathy .
16 Large parts of the Suiheisha were subsequently caught up in the government 's clampdown on radicalism after the mid-1920s .
17 The Great Western pioneered the idea but it never caught on in the rest of the country .
18 Standing beside Josh in the wings , she was barely aware of the play being acted out just a few feet away , too caught up in the playwright 's words to be aware of anything else .
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