Example sentences of "be catch up [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If migrating birds are caught up in a storm , or blown off course , it can be disastrous for , even undisturbed these vast journeys stretch them to the limit . |
| 2 | Workers are caught up in a form of ‘ prisoners ’ dilemma' . |
| 3 | It 's a fearful world where even the goodies have a strangeness about them , as they too are caught up in a world of little people , strange animals and flying objects . |
| 4 | It 's because they 're caught up in a system which keeps blacks in positions where they have to play only secondary roles to whites . |
| 5 | But final-stage rockets had misfired before , and at a time when people were whispering about a change of prime Minister and the shake-out that would bring , the very last thing Sladen must want was to be caught up in a brawl between Number 10 , the Foreign Office , Defence and the secret services . |
| 6 | Aziz and Hasan were caught up in a maze of stout shoes , Sherley 's extendable dog-leads and sniffing , quivering red setters , corgis , Jack Russells , Old English Sheepdogs and pugs . |
| 7 | I did n't reply because all at once we were caught up in a crush of people who seemed to erupt from nowhere , running , pushing against each other . |
| 8 | Young people were caught up in a whirlwind of activity with , to quote a social worker , ‘ the teachers and the physios and the medics arguing out who has this square inch of this kid 's time ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's like being caught up on a bit of barbed wire . ’ |
| 10 | There he 's caught up in a gas attack , and when he returns to Swindon he suffers recurring asthma . |
| 11 | 2 More fundamentally , however , defence of the established electoral system is caught up with a belief in the virtues of the Responsible Party Government model that we discussed in the Chapter 2 . |
| 12 | It is like in a story such as the ballet Giselle when Alberic goes to her tomb and is caught up in a vision of her . |
| 13 | the ship 's radio officer was catching up on a backlog of communications ; some outgoing messages from passengers took precedence over ice warnings |
| 14 | Barely noticing the brief , sharp moment of pain as her flesh yielded to his , she was caught up in a maelstrom of whirling sensations , the hard , pulsating rhythm drawing her down into an emotional whirlpool , before her body was suddenly racked by shuddering convulsions of a pleasure so incredibly intense that it was almost too much to bear . |
| 15 | She was tall , a little on the stout side , and had long brown hair with one or two streaks of grey in it which was caught up in a bun perched on the top of her head . |
| 16 | And that 's why I 'm saying that , leading up to the Donovan Report and because I was caught up in a situation along with my colleagues , that we were changing a system er and you know , a new incentive scheme , that we were increasing production . |
| 17 | From the very first moment of her return to the vicarage Ruth was caught up in a whirlwind of work . |
| 18 | South West appointed the finance director only to have him vetoed by the Government on the grounds that he was caught up in a Department of Trade and Industry investigation . |
| 19 | She felt Terry 's hand running over her body , kneading her breasts and shoulders , and was caught up in a feeling of presentiment . |