Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] catch in [det] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I felt I 'd been caught in some street scam .
2 Even after she had been caught in that ruined church with Ginger Higby , that old bitch of a commandant in the women 's ambulance service had n't wanted to lose her .
3 However I had perceived that he had been caught in that familiar predicament of being obliged to continue to the end of a story which half-way through he repented of having begun .
4 This unit had been caught in several skirmishes , losing their CO and second-in-command along with a third of their strength , yet they were seen doing physical training after a short rest in the town — a measure of their quality .
5 He sounded embarrassed , as though he had been caught in some misdemeanour .
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