Example sentences of "catching [adv prt] with the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She asked a waiter for another pot , and settled down to catching up with the story of Swan 's life .
2 At last the Eastern Bloc nations might have a chance of catching up with the West , and we owe them a debt .
3 SCO says it decision was based primarily on Intel Corp 's reported success in catching up with the performance promised by the ACE environment , and that it will re-focus its Open Desktop Unix efforts on the forthcoming P5 80586 part .
4 The year 1973 came close to repeating the triumphs of 1972 but , as usual in FI , other cars were catching up with the Lotus , though not in qualifying , for 1973 was the year in which Ronnie Peterson notched an astonishing nine pole positions and a place on the front row in twelve of the season 's fifteen races , as against one and five for Emerson , Peterson finishing a mere three points behind Fittipaldi .
5 In Texas it may be described as the past constantly almost catching up with the future , leaving no stable present time .
6 Apple Computer Inc 's Apple USA unit cut prices on the PowerBook Duo 210 4/80 , Duo 230 4/80 , Duo 230 4/120 and Duo 230 4/120 with modem , by between 10% and 18% : it says it is now catching up with the demand .
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