Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] catch [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was caught up in the Truby King Mothercraft doctrine of 1935 … |
| 2 | In 1979 as a hospital worker , she was caught up in the Winter of Discontent . |
| 3 | She was caught up in the drama of a big story . |
| 4 | Now there is a whole ocean between John and me , Ianthe thought , but soon she was caught up in the bustle of landing . |
| 5 | When Mackay launched his cavalry at the attackers ' flank to try to restore the situation , they were caught up in the rout of the demoralised infantry , now stampeding from the field , while the victorious Highlanders pressed on unchecked until distracted from killing by the chance of plunder as they reached Mackay 's baggage train . |
| 6 | Many of the leading scholars amongst the South Slavs during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were widely travelled and had studied in France , Germany , Austria and Italy , where they were caught up in the intellectual ferment which was abroad at that time . |
| 7 | Yet they were caught up in the atmosphere and importance of the occasion . |
| 8 | He is caught up in the communal excitement , without the prospect of release that performance gives . |
| 9 | Despite the fact that he was personally on only the periphery of the Polanski affair , he was caught up in the backwash , in the resultant discussion of the wider issues of the counter-culture , and it was in this category that the critics had firmly placed their new star as the analysis of his role in Easy Rider continued through the run-up to the Oscar presentations and beyond . |
| 10 | Prayers for the safety of John Dakyn were probably necessary , as he was caught up in the religious controversies of the age . |
| 11 | Although he admits there were ‘ times it felt like farce — chasing a guy through the woods who was chasing the ghost of his dead father ’ , Bradley nevertheless says there were moments when he was caught up in the atmosphere . |
| 12 | As he passed again on the other side of the road on his way back forty minutes later he was caught up in the very worst time of day for traffic . |