Example sentences of "catch [adv prt] in [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Americans have been using 60/40 material for jackets and trousers for years , yet for some reason it 's never quite caught on in this country . |
| 2 | The idea of using this matter-of-fact item as a matter of fashion has been slow to catch on in this country . |
| 3 | Few would have dared to predict in the late 1960s that duvets would ever catch on in this country , but today it would be hard to find a British household that does n't have one . |
| 4 | Again , because of the nature of the allegations and counter-allegations , it seems probable that the hearing would be lengthy and bitter , and in view of their ages it seems to me impossible that the children would not know all about the hearing and the issues raised by it and be caught up in that bitterness . |
| 5 | You like to confuse people , and then you suddenly charge at them and trample them underfoot while they 're caught up in that confusion . |
| 6 | If they start boxing young they never get caught up in that scene . ’ |
| 7 | There 's no one standing there so it 's getting caught up in that traffic jam at the bridge I would have thought they 're all queuing to get on the bridge in the morning . |
| 8 | It was one and a half hours later before they reached him , caught up in all the plants , still shouting ‘ What have I done ? |
| 9 | The luxurious long black hair was caught up in another sleek French plait , exposing a smooth high forehead and expertly plucked eyebrows … |
| 10 | I shall suggest that caught up in those practices are in fact two different answers to this central question , each with its own implications for support work and criteria for evaluation , with the result that support teachers often feel themselves pulled in two directions at once . |
| 11 | They would believe that all these people were caught up in this satanic net . |
| 12 | For girls caught up in this nexus of processes , the effect is that the feminine role , the ‘ little housewife ’ role and self-definition are blended together in an ‘ unselfconscious complex of unobstructed behaviour ’ . |
| 13 | Again , I do not think that individuals are to be blamed for this : whole societies were caught up in this sexist interpretation of reality . |
| 14 | Do n't get so caught up in this fantasy that you miss all the opportunities the real world has to offer . |
| 15 | There is a network of disadvantage in society in terms of income , access to housing , educational and employment opportunities , etc. , and large numbers of families caught up in this network are relatively deprived and vulnerable to breakdown . |
| 16 | Caught up in this complex network of conflicting cultural images , Nizan 's life and work are today the site of confusion , myth-making and uncertainty . |
| 17 | Since the seventeenth century we seem to have been caught up in this vicious cycle , alternatively applying the model of capitalist society to the animal kingdom , then reapplying this bourgeoisified animal kingdom to the interpretation of society . |
| 18 | Drinking is caught up in this debate because of the health and social problems associated with alcohol abuse — even though these problems have probably always affected a small minority of people in most societies . |
| 19 | Mrs Davis seems to be caught up in this in this situation . |
| 20 | Caught up in these movements was the hippie culture of the period , with its involvement with hallucinogenic drugs . |
| 21 | It must be odd , she thought , for a stranger to be suddenly caught up in these life or death struggles . |
| 22 | If support teaching gets under way , therefore , without adequate preparation , then support teachers may find themselves caught up in any of the following situations : |
| 23 | Neither Galley nor his friends have ever been caught up in any incidents in Lothian Road . |
| 24 | Around the Old Executive Office Building , where the NSC staff had their offices , North was remembered as a man who seemed always caught up in some dark drama : leaving for the airport , constantly being paged in meetings , ‘ looking like a ghost ’ in the corridor . |
| 25 | The face is that of a Renaissance choirboy , or cupid , caught up in some act of Southern atavism . |
| 26 | Lisa suddenly had the sensation of being caught up in some kind of nightmare . |
| 27 | There are several ways in which assistance might be available to people who have been caught up in some of those unfortunate schemes . |
| 28 | Although her pallor and her drawn features aged her , Wycliffe had the impression of a little girl caught out in some childish fault . |
| 29 | She blushed at being caught out in such unthinking prejudice . |
| 30 | Glad of it anyhow , ’ he added as if caught out in some discourtesy . |