Example sentences of "caught [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had the Wessex novels been written earlier , when places off the beaten track were inaccessible , or nearer our own time , when we have become sated with effortless mobility , ‘ Wessex ’ might not have caught on in the way that it did . |
| 2 | Although the RAF had standard instrument panels from 1936 onwards it was a long time before the merits of this tidy arrangement really caught on in the USA . |
| 3 | Fast on its heels came MacPublisher and Ready-Set-Go but somehow neither caught on in the same way . |
| 4 | It 's a funny thing the way podoeroticism has never really caught on in the West , what with sex being so popular and all . |
| 5 | Keeping goats has really caught on in the past 10 years , as farmers look to alternative livestock to stay in business . |
| 6 | The Great Western pioneered the idea but it never caught on in the rest of the country . |
| 7 | There are over 2,300 inmates on America 's death rows : all have found themselves caught up in the nightmare that is the US capital law system . |
| 8 | The visitor to an auction may be caught up in the excitement and drama of the event , but the climate of opinion in which it takes place has been created by scholars and critics as well as businessmen . |
| 9 | A strange feeling of expectation mixed with our fear as we became caught up in the thrill of the hunt . |
| 10 | Students do not forget these overshadowing realities even if academics , caught up in the euphoria of a ‘ really lively discussion ’ , sometimes do . |
| 11 | Many of the crimes with which others caught up in the Guinness affair are charged are not covered by the extradition treaty with the US . |
| 12 | Plans cater for both an immediate accident and the long-term care of individuals who survive or are caught up in the disaster — including the rescuers . |
| 13 | The atmosphere is bad and British sailors could get caught up in the bad feeling if they went ashore , ’ said the Ark Royal 's captain , John Brigstocke . |
| 14 | It appears that the Airborne and Commandos got caught up in the shelling and suffered casualties , dead and wounded . ’ |
| 15 | Peasants caught up in the Tambov and other revolts did just this , although they remained politically ineffective for lack of large-scale organization . |
| 16 | It is not always possible to give adequate thought to the future when caught up in the day-to-day running of an operation , but if you live the business , as Sir Hector unashamedly does , there are always less hectic times to mull over major issues . |
| 17 | Rose too was caught up in the preparations . |
| 18 | Rayo , who is running lead for me today in harness with Kaisa , gets her leg caught up in the trace . |
| 19 | As Sabra , a woman in her forties , told me ‘ If I go out I usually do have my Dupatta round me , but at work I ca n't wear it in case it gets caught up in the machines , so I just wear a scarf on my head when I leave the house — something is needed to save one 's Izzat ’ . |
| 20 | The tempo of living quickens this week and it will be difficult to avoid getting caught up in the frantic pace of events . |
| 21 | Alongside their traditional functions ( which grow ever harder to explain to a public caught up in the excitement of recent developments ) , they offer a general reassurance against unpleasant surprises ; a brake on events which could otherwise outstrip our power to control them . |
| 22 | Members of the Royal Marines orchestra , including some bandsmen who were caught up in the bombing , played during the hour-long service . |
| 23 | MORE than 600 of the original 18,000 investors caught up in the collapse of the Barlow Clowes investment empire have died during the 18 month-long battle to secure compensation , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 24 | Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's decision not to support the French proposal to fix the conference date in Strasbourg highlights his concern that the question of European monetary union and the inevitable transfer of powers from West Germany 's Bundesbank to the new European central bank would get caught up in the German general election next autumn . |
| 25 | Tatham also represented investors who were caught up in the Farrington Stead collapse . |
| 26 | We were all caught up in the shock and wondered what the significance was . |
| 27 | Because the clergy were on the whole ministering to the poor , many of them could not avoid being caught up in the unrest , violence and fear . |
| 28 | For a moment , she felt unusually relaxed , caught up in the lazy , easy-going atmosphere of the Sunday afternoon crowds . |
| 29 | Marie felt herself caught up in the intensity of the old woman 's hatred . |
| 30 | Parti-coloured hose with cap and bells were not worn until the Middle Ages , and , fetching though Jilly 's wimple is , she 's going to get caught up in the blackberry bushes before the day is out . |