Example sentences of "catching up [prep] 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 . |
| 7 | The sound of a typewriter rattling away came from the little office and Gerald said : ‘ Gina — catching up on the correspondence . |
| 8 | I 'll be catching up on the progress of our women in management . |
| 9 | Within a month I was back in the garden again catching up on the weeding . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been catching up on the week 's news , and who do I find hitting the headlines yet again ? ’ |
| 11 | Well , it 's good to be back on the list and catching up on the mountain of messages . |