Example sentences of "bogged down in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | RICHARD : It 's too easy to get bogged down in the study of classifications . |
| 2 | They had escaped detection from the air , in spite of the large number of vehicles involved , but had had to abandon the tanks which had become hopelessly bogged down in the sand . |
| 3 | British troops were bogged down in the Flanders quagmire . |
| 4 | It is not our central concern as Christians to get bogged down in the minutiae of academic arguments concerning the merits and demerits of modernity . |
| 5 | Their quarterly meetings were anodyne affairs , chaired by a genial buffer named George Mackie ( later Lord Mackie of Benshie ) , whose deliberations were too often bogged down in the drearier aspects of Liberal Party policy . |
| 6 | I ca n't afford to get bogged down in the weeds . |
| 7 | Primary elections are very popular with the television industry ; they make for good visuals , and they allow producers to focus ad infinitum on personalities rather than getting bogged down in the boring complexities of issues . |
| 8 | It was a bitterly cold winter with thick snow ; both sides were bogged down in the Apennines from December to April . |
| 9 | Yeah it 's no good getting bogged down in the detail . |
| 10 | They seem likely to become bogged down in the intricacies of Swiss banking and Egyptian commerce . |
| 11 | Coober Pedy ( form the aboriginal kupa piti meaning " white man 's burrow " ) has a large migrant population but it was an Australian who dug me out when I became bogged down in the dull-dust , and an old swagman on the road who warned me to keep an eye on the weather . |
| 12 | Andrew says he 's fitter than last year but doesn.t know if he can beat his wife Sarah who says she thinks her husband might get bogged down in the mud |
| 13 | Do n't get so bogged down in the trivia of life you have n't the time or inclination to branch out and see what 's on offer . |