Example sentences of "caught up in the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The individual is caught up in the personalising/objectifying dialectic as in life , and because the communication is between participants , the normal interaction of a social context is also reflected . |
| 32 | Nicholson was caught up in the aftermath and became Hollywood 's hottest property to emerge for two decades . |
| 33 | Despite the fact that he was personally on only the periphery of the Polanski affair , he was caught up in the backwash , in the resultant discussion of the wider issues of the counter-culture , and it was in this category that the critics had firmly placed their new star as the analysis of his role in Easy Rider continued through the run-up to the Oscar presentations and beyond . |
| 34 | We got caught up in the keep-fit bandwagon in the mid 80s and got ourselves into shape . |
| 35 | A railway worker , also making his way home , was caught up in the riot and , as a result of baton blows , was deafened in one ear and had to have sixteen stitches to his head . |
| 36 | The story centres on Giorgio , a successful eye-surgeon working in Paris and his alter egos : his much younger brother Piero , who is caught up in the obscure ‘ manoeuvres ’ going on in Sicily ( it will turn out that he has sabotaged an American helicopter and is on the run ) , and Charles , a 12-year-old boy who is at the centre of the whole story . |
| 37 | As the day of the wedding drew closer , the young Campbell lass found herself caught up in the arrangements . |
| 38 | Sandy Scratchley 's patrol was sent out to raid petrol dumps in the El Daba area and found itself caught up in the back yard of the retreating Germans . |
| 39 | Gentleness keeps us from being caught up in the illusions of the world . |
| 40 | Caught up in the swathes of colour and movement are the small objects we adopt and discard in our life-long struggle to define ourselves — objects and images mass produced , touched with personal desire — cherished and abandoned … ’ |
| 41 | They were very much caught up in the opinion that if they were an indie band , it could n't possibly be worth a major record company taking them seriously . |
| 42 | Death Wish II ( 1981 ) , Thames , TVS , 10.40pm Nothing succeeds like excess , it seems , as Charles Bronson reprises his thriller role as the vigilante architect caught up in the horror and violence of rape and murder . |
| 43 | The class is completely caught up in the action : toes and shoulders wriggling in sympathy . |
| 44 | In 1872 Britain , caught up in the complacency of overseas empire , had only 12 students reading for the Natural Sciences Tripos at Cambridge , while Germany already had 11 technical universities . |
| 45 | James 's private quarrel with William now became irretrievably caught up in the greater feud between England and France . |
| 46 | When Mackay launched his cavalry at the attackers ' flank to try to restore the situation , they were caught up in the rout of the demoralised infantry , now stampeding from the field , while the victorious Highlanders pressed on unchecked until distracted from killing by the chance of plunder as they reached Mackay 's baggage train . |
| 47 | Prayers for the safety of John Dakyn were probably necessary , as he was caught up in the religious controversies of the age . |
| 48 | He recognizes also that whether we like it or not we are ‘ caught up in the conflagration of Hi sā . ’ |
| 49 | He was a great melodist , but he had a real struggle being caught up in the machinery of making hits . |
| 50 | Let us say that , although not trapped in a fight for survival , we are all still caught up in the ordinary competitiveness of business , social gamesmanship , and marriage . |
| 51 | Although these families rose further than any since the sixteenth century , many of the Sussex gentry were caught up in the process of aggrandisement . |
| 52 | I remember the scandal surrounding her in the Seventies , when she appeared to be just a naive young girl caught up in the trappings of fame . |
| 53 | Hundreds of thousands of people travelling home or heading out for the evening were caught up in the ensuing chaos . |
| 54 | Waller 's double-glazing business was caught up in the plague when hooligans set his small factory on fire . |
| 55 | Restaurant worker Tammy , 17 , was dramatically pictured on our front page seconds after being caught up in the second of the two explosions . |
| 56 | I was getting caught up in the rat race and thin round the edges spiritually , when the Lord stepped in and reminded me of a promise He made before we left Kent . |
| 57 | Unless the working classes were caught up in the new sectarian movements of Protestantism ( which were themselves a reaction and response to modernity ) , they were liable to slip into unbelief . |
| 58 | They too get caught up in the underworld of youth subcultures , where the peer groups become more important ( and possibly more caring ) than the family . |
| 59 | And that headdress would get caught up in the overhead wires , you silly boy . |
| 60 | Patrick Swayze is a doc with oedipal jitters who goes to India to find himself , only to get caught up in the struggles of the native people earning a crust on the heaving streets of Calcutta . |