Example sentences of "caught [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | caught them through the prep room keyhole , testing |
2 | ‘ In the 1950s and 60s there were superb beers — if you caught them on the right day . |
3 | Once at Finsbury Park , the cameras caught them at the sound check , in interviews , backstage , and relaxing before the gig . |
4 | Charlie showed no obvious signs of friendship as he immediately caught me on the chin . |
5 | Sorry about the mess but you caught me on the hop like . |
6 | Er , caught me on the hop . |
7 | It just caught me by the scruff of the neck and practically hammered my guts out . |
8 | He caught me around the waist and flung me to the floor . |
9 | On the climb-out at 100 ft there was a loud explosion and a lump of metal attached to a control wire whipped round and caught me in the groin . |
10 | But I could n't get the door shut to lock him in and he caught me in the other cellar . |
11 | ‘ Caught you on the hop this morning ! ’ said Postie . |
12 | Some entrepreneurial showmen then decided they would try to make money out of his popularity and they caught him with the hope of transporting him to London to put on display . |
13 | The man 's cheek is cut from where I caught him with the chain . |
14 | I went to punch him but I caught him with the crowbar instead . ’ |
15 | The stolen gym shoe , hurled by Snecky , caught him on the side of the face . |
16 | A shower of jeers greeted him from the queue and , as he passed the last boy , who was just out of sight of Mr Gillis , a foot shot out , caught him on the ankle and down he went , sprawling on the wooden floor . |
17 | The fist came up and caught him on the side of the head and Jack went down , seeing little sparkling stars . |
18 | Whitlock sprung to his feet and caught him on the side of the head with a stinging haymaker then followed up with two brutal body punches that dropped him to his knees . |
19 | As he tried in vain to jerk his head away to one side , shouting in fear , the taut rope caught him across the throat , cutting off the sound of his voice and throwing him backwards off his horse . |
20 | He wanted to get back to his lodging house as soon as he could and get out of his suit , these tight-fitting shoes and his new white shirt which was just a little too small and caught him under the arms . |
21 | Swiftly she caught him under the armpits and heaved until she managed to persuade him from the ground . |
22 | Another one snapped out of the melée around Hrun and caught him around the waist . |
23 | He was about to skip past me and hit the bomb with the piece of wood — he had already raised it above his head and made the lunge — when I reached out and caught him round the waist . |
24 | The boy rolled over and came on to one knee in a single lunge , and hurling himself at the man , caught him round the thighs with both arms , and swept him with him through the opening . |
25 | She caught him in the hall as he put on his hat . |
26 | The handlebar caught him in the groin . |
27 | Joe started when Harry 's elbow caught him in the ribs as he said , ‘ I wonder if my illustrious brother will be as insufferable as he was during the Christmas holidays ? ’ |
28 | ‘ One of the patrol cameras caught him in the Frames making harvest . ’ |
29 | When Thomas tried to grab the child away , the lash caught him in the eye . |
30 | Maud caught him in the doorway of his hotel one evening . |