Example sentences of "to catch [adv prt] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The next two days had settled into a daily routine of cleaning weapons and trying to catch up on lost sleep as every night was disturbed by the constant shelling .
2 Its cause is uncertain — it is also found even if we do not eat then — but it means that it is often possible to catch up on lost sleep by taking a nap at this time .
3 They would then find that they were hanging around for hours and the crafty ones would try to find a prop bed to catch up on some sleep .
4 Fifty miles south-west of the railway line bomb , 13 Platoon of 6 UDR reported in for duty at 0600 ; they had been hoping for a quiet day , in order to catch up on some training .
5 Anyway , I really do need to catch up on some paperwork , so you 'd be doing me a favour . ’
6 ‘ I 'll have got my bearings by tomorrow , so you wo n't need to stand in for me , ’ she said , ‘ but tonight , I do n't mind admitting , I 'll be glad to catch up on some beauty sleep .
7 Anyway it was not always easy for Nellie to get up to Rosstrevor as often as she 'd like to catch up on any news .
8 This is a time to catch up on urgent paperwork and swap stories with colleagues about the events of the day .
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