Example sentences of "[vb past] catch [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 It appears that the Airborne and Commandos got caught up in the shelling and suffered casualties , dead and wounded . ’
2 We got caught up in the keep-fit bandwagon in the mid 80s and got ourselves into shape .
3 His parents , who live at Clevelys , near Blackpool , feared he had strayed outside the airport and got caught up in the disaster .
4 Another man , a social worker got caught up in the melee and was forced out of another car , but police released him when they realized he was not connected .
5 Another man , a social worker , got caught up in the melee and was forced out of another car , but police released him when they realized he was not connected .
6 You said you got caught up in the fighting , my husband Michael said he 'd love to hear more about that .
7 His horse , Travel Over , got caught up in the tape at the second false start and came back from Aintree lame .
8 But if I ever got caught out with the big guy in the skull mask and the big axe thing then I 'd probably ask to end up coming back as my son because he 'd have my amazing charm , dazzling character , obscene talent ( ? — Ed ) , and chiselled good looks ! ( and gift for talking utter bullshine ! — Ed ) .
9 Did they ever mention to you or your father that they in fact got caught out by the weather ?
10 A strange feeling of expectation mixed with our fear as we became caught up in the thrill of the hunt .
11 She tried to catch up with the machine , but she did n't want to attract any undue attention from the IMC troopers , and the thing seemed determined to ignore her .
12 Here , with the concentration on labour-intensive crops , not only large estates with hired labour but large peasant farms also flourished , and even began to catch up with the estates .
13 But she just looks at me pityingly , like I was behind the times and needed to catch up with the latest ideas . ’
14 Thomas needed to catch up with the shapechanger .
15 John McLeish was in his office , Saturday or no Saturday , telling himself he needed to catch up on the paperwork .
16 What happened after that was that divisional FA representative Arthur Clark took up the case and more sedentary media throughout Britain puffed to catch up with the Backtrack exclusive .
17 Well Zoe Muir decided to catch up on the progress of our other volunteer , Katy Clark .
18 Well Zoe Muir decided to catch up on the progress of our other volunteer , Katy Clark .
19 Well Zoe Muir decided to catch up on the progress of our other volunteer , Katy Clark .
20 Well Zoe Muir decided to catch up on the progress of our other volunteer , Katy Clark .
21 Well Zoe Muir decided to catch up on the progress of our other volunteer , Katy Clark .
22 Well Zoe Muir decided to catch up on the progress of our other volunteer , Katy Clark .
23 I proceeded to catch up on the last ten years of what everyone had been doing .
24 Bernice could n't see what he thought he would be able to do even if they did catch up with the shapechangers .
25 Robertson had caught up with the words and passed the manuscript , still wet , to the laird .
26 By the time they came to the sharp bend at Borlick they had caught up with the McCulloch family , old Donald limping and muttering to himself , Donald hand in hand with Jean , Mary and her friend big Mary striding on ahead , their arms pulled down by heavy baskets of pies and eggs .
27 Now , in an unbelievably four short years , they had caught up with the atomic bomb which alone guaranteed the security of the much-disarmed United States .
28 I had caught up with the advance guard of greenkeepers , and greeted the head greenkeeper , a fit-looking , lean man with a rather scholarly stoop and a trim grey beard .
29 She decided to go back to work — but first wanted to catch up on the qualifications she 'd missed out on .
  Next page