Example sentences of "catch [pers pn] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tiny figures with wands of fire were milling about the canalside , hopping from boat to boat , their shadows leaping up the faces of the buildings on the other bank as the fleeting light caught them and threw them about . |
| 2 | Let me go ! ’ and flung her hands out and he caught them and held them firmly . |
| 3 | He can catch them and gut them . |
| 4 | The delay was enough for Clerval to catch me and seize me from behind . |
| 5 | The Thames was flowing full and furious , the water greedily lapping their feet as if it would like to catch them and drag them under its swollen black surface . |
| 6 | The tiny parrot was a thrilling novelty , and before long every visitor to the Australian colonies was attempting to catch them and bring them back as souvenirs . |
| 7 | She stood at the bottom of the bed and reached out her hands to catch his and pull them forward . |
| 8 | A hand caught his and drew him quietly into the room . |
| 9 | ‘ He was yelling out in terror and must have run 50 yards before two blokes caught him and rolled him about the pavement to put the flames out . ’ |
| 10 | Pc Masheder chased and caught him and told him he was being arrested on suspicion of theft . |
| 11 | They trapped him in corners , caught him and drove him into small dark spaces that rattled terrifyingly . |
| 12 | Grimma caught him and laid him down as gently as she could . |
| 13 | Valerie looked cautiously round , then , lowering her voice , said : ‘ Weeks ago our little kitten ran into the wood , and she caught him and turned him into a witch 's cat . ’ |
| 14 | I ran after the man , caught him and fetched him back . |
| 15 | ‘ I ran after the man , caught him and fetched him back . ’ |
| 16 | So they took off after him , caught him and gave him a hiding . |
| 17 | The jockey 's race never stops … never stalls … so far this season Richard Dunwoody has had three hundred and sixty nine rides … he should be celebrating his century of winners any day … only one man can catch him and stop him and that 's Peter Scudamore … at Wincanton this week the reigning champion came galloping back with a winning treble … |
| 18 | With luck , with his whistling that loud Jack would catch him and see him off . |
| 19 | It was what he would do if he caught her that worried her , Maria reflected drily . |
| 20 | Lisa caught her and hugged her gratefully . |
| 21 | Owen caught her and eased her gently back on to the sofa . |
| 22 | He put out his arms and caught her and held her , and they stood there on the gravel path in the grounds of Hilderbridge General Hospital , embraced as if they had long been lovers and had known each other with profound emotion and physical joy and had been parted only to meet again now , by chance , so felicitously . |
| 23 | The girl was dishevelled , her hair a mess , but she only laughed as he caught her and pulled her into another room . |
| 24 | She spun to run up the stairs but he caught her and pulled her into his arms . |
| 25 | Two arms caught her and drew her down into warmth and security as she continued to cry into the comfort of her husband 's chest . |
| 26 | She went under completely and on her way down Fernando caught her and raked her all the way down his naked body . |
| 27 | Across the moors they pursued her until at last , near the North Cornish coast , they caught her and urged her to chose between them . |
| 28 | ‘ Jack must have caught him and locked him in there . ’ |
| 29 | Time now to run , to fix her eyes on that tow-headed lad with the green scarf around his stringy , chicken 's neck and never lose sight of him , no matter who got in her way , to catch him and crucify him if necessary to find out where her bag had gone . |
| 30 | As his faithful knight Bedivere cast Arthur 's sword Excalibur into the waters of Llyn Llydaw the hand of the Lady of the Lake rose up to catch it and draw it down into the depths forever . |