Example sentences of "been caught up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had been caught up with at Dornock , east of Annan , on the shore of the Solway , by a fast-riding English host under Sir Anthony de Lucy of Cockermouth , who had crossed the shallow firth at lowest tide by the temporarily dried-out Knockeross sands , from Bowness in Cumberland . |
| 2 | Furthermore , when Joseph explained to his brothers the purposes of God that had been running through the events they had been caught up in , he used terms recalling the promises of Genesis 12 : ‘ … you meant evil against me ; but God meant it for good , to bring it about that many people should be kept alive , as they are today ’ ( 50.20 ; see , too , 45.4–11 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ Unfortunately , we 've been caught up in the crossfire and we 've had people on to us saying they 'll never smoke Camel cigarettes again . |
| 4 | Brown , a former member of hit teen band New Edition , fears he has been caught up in a long-running feud between his former band 's road crew and one of America 's top street gangs . |
| 5 | A dozen of the company 's senior executives have been caught up in the country 's ever-widening corruption scandal . |
| 6 | Positivists , of all varieties , have consequently been caught up in an endless quest for a universal , objective but non-legal concept of ‘ crime ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Doctor , while I can appreciate your academic enjoyment at finding an intellectual equal , I really think you might do better to devote at least some of your attention to the lesser mortals who have been caught up in — ‘ |
| 8 | In all three of these novels the ‘ crimes ’ are those committed by basically good people who , through no real fault of their own ( other than the speculative instinct that is the mainstay of the capitalist system ) , have been caught up in bank failures for which they valiantly accept responsibility . |
| 9 | She 'd thought about going back to her room for a while , maybe find out from Josie what she 'd been caught up in the night before , but it would take her more than half an hour to walk . |
| 10 | She only knew that from the moment she had stepped on to Danish soil she 'd been caught up in circumstances over which she had no control , but which appeared moment by moment to be leading her further from her original purpose . |
| 11 | There are several ways in which assistance might be available to people who have been caught up in some of those unfortunate schemes . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | They 'd been caught up in gunfire at home in Beirut , which left them paralysed . |
| 14 | Police believe Gary may have been caught up in the world of drugs and met his death as a result . |
| 15 | ‘ She would never have been caught up in anything to do with drugs . |
| 16 | He has been caught up in his club 's poor form , the former English champions having slipped into the bottom half of the Premier League . |
| 17 | The court heard that McGregor had been caught up in attempts by a neighbour to end a relationship between his 20-year-old daughter and an older man . |
| 18 | Neither Galley nor his friends have ever been caught up in any incidents in Lothian Road . |
| 19 | And she could have sworn that , after the first second or two , he had been caught up by the same strong feeling . |