Example sentences of "[verb] to catch up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ordinary wild plants , it seems , are weedier than crops , but both have a long way to go to catch up with the real pests . |
| 2 | ‘ Now that we only have the one line , we want to catch up on the backlog of maintenance and repairs . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He felt himself to be so uneducated that it seemed hopeless even to try to catch up with the ordinary things that people knew . |
| 5 | This is not going to disappear overnight , it 's going to affect her for a long time , and she 's never going to catch up on the work that she 's missed over the last couple of months by having seven teachers in six weeks . |
| 6 | Sometimes there was a dense mass of men , sometimes only a trickle hurrying to catch up with the main body . |
| 7 | Racing to catch up with the industry 's evolution , Comdex ’ owner Interface Group is launching Enterprise Computing Exposition and Conference set for Chicago 's McCormick Place July 26–28 next year . |
| 8 | The German Siemens was in a stronger position in several ways ; in addition to its computer and telecommunications equipment strengths , Siemens in the late 1980S was attempting to catch up with the vertically integrated Japanese electronics companies ; it was making a major chip effort , with use by the German car industry especially in mind . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | However , it too is thought to be moving to catch up with the market . |
| 11 | But she just looks at me pityingly , like I was behind the times and needed to catch up with the latest ideas . ’ |
| 12 | Thomas needed to catch up with the shapechanger . |
| 13 | John McLeish was in his office , Saturday or no Saturday , telling himself he needed to catch up on the paperwork . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Companies behind with their accounts and returns submissions will have to catch up in the next 12 months . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , two stragglers and a dog are running to catch up with the main party ( 2 ) . |
| 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 | It will also provide a ‘ dip in service ’ for those who wish to catch up on the headlines , the business needs , the travel , the weather and other key information each hour . |
| 25 | Please forgive the shortish letter , but I am trying to catch up for the time I was ill , and have quite a heavy teaching programme . |
| 26 | They seem to be trying to catch up with the West of the Fifties . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Who 's Isobel ? ’ asked Mr Stych , trying to catch up with the tale . |
| 28 | A wounded horse limped in the wheat , trying to catch up with the other cavalry horses . |
| 29 | I 've also managed to catch up with the ever-lengthening list of official consultations . |
| 30 | She decided to go back to work — but first wanted to catch up on the qualifications she 'd missed out on . |